单词 | whacking |
释义 | whacking (once / 17881 pages) 1n 2adj 3adv WORD FAMILY whacking: whackings+/whack: whacked, whacker, whacking, whacks/whacker: whackers USAGE EXAMPLESBut mental health professionals question the efficacy of rampaging in a faux cubicle or whacking airborne glasses. New York Times(Nov 26, 2016) U.S. interest rate-led rallies usually cast a pall over emerging markets as the U.S. dollar surges, whacking the asset class indiscriminately. Wall Street Journal(Nov 15, 2016) “It turned out to be guys whacking the doors with their bats as they walked by,” he said. New York Times(Nov 03, 2016) 1 n the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper beating, drubbing, lacing, licking, thrashing, trouncing flagellation, flogging, lashing, tanning, whipping beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment flagellationbeating as a source of erotic or religious stimulation self-flagellationself-punishment inflicted by whipping horsewhippingthe act of whipping with a horsewhip corporal punishment the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime adj (British informal) enormous 3a whacking phone bill a whacking lie Syn big, large above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent adv extremely a whacking good story |
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