whippings
n. 鞭打(作為懲罰)( whipping的名詞複數 ); 替罪羊,代人受過者
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。
This was worse than a thousand whippings, and Tom's heart was sorer now than his body.
這一席話比一千下鞭打更管用, 湯姆的心比肉體更加痛楚不安.
I think your whippings will have to be pretty energetic , to make such impression.
我想你打起來恐怕得使勁才行,否則是不會有多大效果的.