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lashing

/lash-ing/US // ˈlæʃ ɪŋ //UK // (ˈlæʃɪŋ) //

鞭打,鞭笞,鞭刑,鞭挞

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of a person or thing that lashes.
    • : a whipping with or as if with a lash.
    • : a severe scolding; tongue-lashing.
    • : Usually lash·ings [lash-ingz] /ˈlæʃ ɪŋz/ .Chiefly British Informal. a large amount; an abundance: strawberries with lashings of cream;scallops with a lashing of olive oil.

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Examples

  • In South Asia, Bangladesh and India are subject to particularly brutal lashings.

  • Finish by lashing together the loose tips of each shoe with another modified tripod lashing.

  • After the release of the trailer for the special last week, TLC received a requisite and perhaps well-deserved tongue-lashing.

  • Bound together by mutual distrust, both sides end up lashing themselves to the mast of rigid law.

  • So much of the fear the media tries to stoke in me is fear of the oppressed underdog lashing out.

  • Putin is cornered, according to Saakashvili, which is why he is lashing out.

  • Or he could have been a coward, lashing out at me for some online slight.

  • This motion consists almost wholly in apparently purposeless lashing and coiling movements, and continues for many hours.

  • Sometimes to this punishment was added a lashing as he moved painfully along.

  • Lashing their ponies to desperate speed, they rode safely away before the Pawnees recovered from their bewilderment.

  • Quick as lightning he wound himself round a branch, lashing out with his tail in all directions.

  • Whooping, and lashing furiously with their heavy riding quirts, they gradually forced the ponies toward the east.

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