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单词 lash
释义 lash
I. \ˈlash, -aa(ə)-, -ai-\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
Etymology: Middle English lashen to throw quickly, strike with a lash, move violently, probably partly of imitative origin and partly from lashe, n.
intransitive verb
1.
 a. : to move violently or suddenly : dash, rush, fly
  < lashed out eastward with the agility for which he was dreaded — Emil Lengyel >
  < lash through the brilliant sunlight of a wide arena — P.B.Martin >
 b. of a horse : kick — used with out
  < lashed out … at the cursing men behind us — Kenneth Roberts >
 c. : beat, pour
  < the rain lashed against the windowpanes — J.C.Powys >
  < hail lashed down mercilessly >
2.
 a. : to strike with or as if with a whip
  < lashing about him with a stout staff >
  < it had lashed across a human skull — Helen Nielsen >
  < the final plunge of a wave lashes against the opposing land — P.S.Welch >
  < lashed back at the enemy — S.E.Morison & H.S.Commager >
 b. : to make a sudden darting, sinuous, or striking movement like the lash of a whip
  < the snake lashed and curled — William Beebe >
3. : to make a verbal assault or riposte : engage in biting criticism or censure
 < lashing at the bullet-headed commander — J.A.Michener >
 < uses … newspaper ads to lash back — Printers' Ink >
— usually used with out
 < the author lashes out at Fascism — J.L.LaMonte >
 < lashed out on the rare occasions when he was aroused — Green Peyton >
4. now chiefly dialect Britain : to spend money recklessly — usually used with out
transitive verb
1.
 a.
  (1) : to throw quickly or impetuously : fling, dash
   < the frightened mare lashed up her heels >
  (2) : to move violently
   < the kitten … lashed its angry tail — Ethel Wilson >
   < lashed her feather fan to and fro — Elizabeth Bowen >
 b. : pour, emit — usually used with out
  < lash out some 34,000,000 copies of newspapers a week — English Digest >
2.
 a.
  (1) : to strike wtih a lash : whip, scourge
   < penitents lashing themselves till the blood came >
  (2) : to strike forcibly and quickly especially in a succession of blows : beat upon
   < the whale lashed the sea >
   < light lashed my eyes — Wirt Williams >
   < rain lashes the windows >
   < the wind lashed the waves into destructive fury >
 b.
  (1) : to assail or castigate with nonphysical means
   < the jealousy, the hatred, the terror which lash our souls — A.L.Guerard >
  especially : to assail with stinging, biting, or satirical words
   < lashed the vices of the time >
  (2) : to goad, incite, or excite to some action or into some state : drive
   < lashes him into murder — G.B.Shaw >
   < lashed itself into a passion against Spain — Dexter Perkins >
   < easy to lash them into fury — J.A.Froude >
  (3) : to cause to lash
   < a rising wind was lashing the rain against the windows — Val Mulkerus >
3. dialect chiefly Britain : to spend recklessly : throw
 < prepared to lash the money around — Edward Sheehy >
II. noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English lashe, probably from lashen, v., to throw quickly, move violently
1.
 a.
  (1) : a stroke with a whip or with anything slender, pliant, and tough
   < received ten lashes >
  (2) : the flexible part of a whip; specifically : the piece (as of whipcord) forming its end
   < twenty feet long from butt to lash — H.L.Davis >
  (3) : something used for whipping : whip
   < used the lash on kids who trespassed on his property — Ronald Sercombe >
  (4) : punishment by flogging
   < provides fines, jail terms, and the lash for any incitement to violation — H.S.Warner >
 b. : a sudden swinging blow : a sweeping stroke
  < felt the lash of his hand on her cheek >
 c. : a pelting driving onslaught (as of wind or rain)
  < has to stand up to the lash of a north wind — Monsanto Magazine >
  < the bitter lash of the rain — T.B.Costain >
2. : a sharp or stinging blow of a nonphysical kind
 < under the lash of competition — C.F.Wittke >
 < the lash of public opinion — Robert Trumbull >
 < give him another lash with my tongue — Michael McLaverty >
3. : eyelash
4. : a cord or group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain warp yarns to form a figure in weaving
5. : backlash 1b
III. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
Etymology: Middle English lasschen to lace, from Middle French lachier, lacier — more at lace
: to bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain so as to fasten
 < lash something to a spar >
 < lash a pack >

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