whip
n. 鞭子; 紀律委員; 投票指示
v. 鞭策; 鞭笞; 拉動; 攪動
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...
目擊證人稱梅爾頓先生抽打了這匹馬16鞭之多。
He was whipped with a studded belt.
他被用帶有飾釘的皮帶抽打。
If something, for example the wind, whips something, it strikes it sharply.
A terrible wind whipped our faces...
狂風抽打著我們的臉。
A branch whipped her across the cheek.
一根樹枝抽打到了她的臉頰。
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.
縷縷金髮在風中飄揚。
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...
鮑勃迅速掏出他的筆記本。
Players were whipping their shirts off...
運動員們在飛快地脫襯衫。
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...
在這裡,大風以每小時大約30英里的速度颳著。
I whipped into a parking space.
我迅速地駛入一個停車位。
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...
攪打奶油直到它變黏稠。
Whip the eggs, oils and honey together.
把雞蛋、油和蜂蜜攪打在一起。
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...
他能讓一群人變得歇斯底里。
Politicians and businessmen have whipped themselves into a panic.
政治家和商人們把他們自己弄得十分恐慌。
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.
如今購物者占主導地位,如果商店不降價,他們是不會買的。
1. an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping
2. a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline
3. a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit
4. (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club
5. a quick blow with a whip
1. beat severely with a whip or rod;
2. defeat thoroughly;
3. thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash;
4. strike as if by whipping;
5. whip with or as if with a wire whisk;
6. subject to harsh criticism;
beat, strike, hit, thrash, whip
這些動詞均含有"打"之意。
the whip hand
支配地位,控制地位;優勢
British English
(澳/紐西蘭)大量
whip someone's ass
whip someone up
故意激起,煽動
whip something up
使(水、沙等)翻騰
很快地搞出;迅速準備好(尤指食物)
whip in
召集:使聚集在一起,如政黨成員或一群獵狗
whip up
激起:激起、煽動
【非正式用語】 迅速準備好
whip into shape【非正式用語】
使進入某特定狀態:強勁且常用暴力地使進入某特定狀態或條件
They menaced her with a whip.
他們用鞭子威脅她.
Why did you whip me away when I was just beginning to enjoy the party?
我剛剛對這個聚會發生興趣,你為什麼急著把我拉走 呢 ?
The cruel master beat his slaves mercilessly with a whip.
殘暴的奴隸主用鞭子狠心地抽打奴隸.
Give him a taste of the whip.
讓他嚐嚐鞭子的味道.
He urged the horse on with a whip.
他揮鞭策馬前行.