breast-beating

/brest-bee-ting/US // ˈbrɛstˌbi tɪŋ //

拍胸脯,拍打乳房,拍胸口,拍乳

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : a loud and demonstrative display of grief, remorse, or the like: The authorities indulged in a great deal of breast-beating about traffic accidents but failed to pass new driving laws.

adj.形容词 adjective

She fills her characters up—strong women beating back against a sexist system—with so much heart.
And it is true that since Blair was in power the pub culture has taken a beating.
In the Bible, Moses does kill a guy—the Egyptian slave master who is beating an Israelite to death.
He tore a piece of meat off the breast and stroked her coat while she ate.
Often, the processes that result in death begin when the heart stops beating.
She threw out her arms as if swimming when she walked, beating the tall grass as one strikes out in the water.
"Here's my authority, yuh blasted runt," he yelled, and jerked his six-shooter to a level with the policeman's breast.
It is something which takes side in the child's breast with the reasonable governor and the laws which he or she administers.
Alessandro walked at the horses' heads, his face sunk on his breast, his eyes fixed on the ground.
We laid him down gently, folded his arms on his breast, and for a moment held our peace in tribute to his passing.