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pummeling

/puhm-uhl/US // ˈpʌm əl //UK // (ˈpʌməl) //

敲击,敲击声,敲打,捣乱

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    pum·meled, pum·mel·ing or pum·melled, pum·mel·ling.

    • : to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists.

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Examples

  • A security camera’s recording of their encounter, viewed by The Washington Post, shows Onoja pinning Hall’s arms with his knees, pummeling him and showering him in pepper spray.

  • That changed in 2017 when the city and county’s fumbling response to a deadly hepatitis A outbreak pummeled San Diego’s homeless population made national and international headlines.

  • Toward the end of 2017, though, many North Shore homeowners decided to ignore prior denials and armored their shorelines with sandbags and heavy fabric as waves pummeled their properties.

  • Current conditions in Chadron, OH where snow continues to pummel the area.

  • He completed a single pass for 13 yards and threw two interceptions as Denver was pummelled by a New Orleans Saints team that didn’t look that much better.

  • Despite an aggressive public relations strategy and outreach to Republican opinion makers, Rubio took a sustained pummeling.

  • Mantoloking and Seaside Heights took the worst pummeling by Sandy's storm surge.

  • Conservatives are pummeling Marco Rubio—which is the best thing that could have happened to him.

  • Pundits and politicians are again pummeling each other over the bombing and lots of related issues.

  • Unfortunately, they were pummeling the Labour Party, which had given them most of those powers.

  • Dick at last tired of pummeling Garry, and soon he joined in the laughter, for the joke was undeniably on him.

  • Pummeling some rude fellow who needed it was a satisfaction.

  • And there was the devil and a Smalander, who were pummeling each other with might and main.

  • Hen, there is Miss Margaret pummeling the window for you to notice her.

  • And as for the pummeling I got afterward with the knucks—that was my own lookout—the railroad company is not to blame for that.