whips
n. 鞭子( whip的名词复数 ); 组织秘书,政党纪律委员(英国和美国的政党中负责确保本党党员出席政府重大辩论并投票的官员)
v. 鞭打( whip的第三人称单数 ); 抽打; 搅拌…直至变稠; 偷
A whip is a long thin piece of material such as leather or rope, fastened to a stiff handle. It is used for hitting people or animals.
If someone whips a person or animal, they beat them or hit them with a whip or something like a whip.
Eyewitnesses claimed Mr Melton whipped the horse up to 16 times...
目击证人称梅尔顿先生抽打了这匹马16鞭之多。
He was whipped with a studded belt.
他被用带有饰钉的皮带抽打。
If something, for example the wind, whips something, it strikes it sharply.
A terrible wind whipped our faces...
狂风抽打着我们的脸。
A branch whipped her across the cheek.
一根树枝抽打到了她的脸颊。
If something flexible whips in a particular way, it moves sharply when it is affected by a force, for example by the wind.
Blond strands of hair whipped in the wind.
缕缕金发在风中飘扬。
If someone whips something out or whips it off, they take it out or take it off very quickly and suddenly.
Bob whipped out his notebook...
鲍勃迅速掏出他的笔记本。
Players were whipping their shirts off...
运动员们在飞快地脱衬衫。
If something or someone whips somewhere, they move there or go there very quickly.
The wind out here is whipping along at about 30 miles an hour...
在这里,大风以每小时大约30英里的速度刮着。
I whipped into a parking space.
我迅速地驶入一个停车位。
When you whip something liquid such as cream or an egg, you stir it very fast until it is thick or stiff.
Whip the cream until thick...
搅打奶油直到它变黏稠。
Whip the eggs, oils and honey together.
把鸡蛋、油和蜂蜜搅打在一起。
If you whip people into an emotional state, you deliberately cause and encourage them to be in that state.
He could whip a crowd into hysteria...
他能让一群人变得歇斯底里。
Politicians and businessmen have whipped themselves into a panic.
政治家和商人们把他们自己弄得十分恐慌。
A whip is a member of a political party in a parliament or legislature who is responsible for making sure that party members are present to vote on important issues and that they vote in the appropriate way.
If you have the whip hand, you have power over someone else in a particular situation.
These days the shopper has the whip hand, and will not buy if stores fail to lower their prices.
如今购物者占主导地位,如果商店不降价,他们是不会买的。
They snatched up whips and lashed the backs of those who had fallen.
他们抓起鞭子,朝跌倒的人背上抽去。
Then a gust of wind whips the dust along the road.
这时,一阵狂风卷起沿街的尘土.
This exercise whips up the circulation of the blood.
这种运动能促进血液循环.
Two guys swung at other's legs with whips.
两个人相互用鞭子抽打对方的大腿.
His passion flayed him like whips.
他的七情六欲象鞭子似地抽打着他.