beating
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++beat·ing /ˈbiːtɪŋ/ noun 1 [countable]HIT an act of hitting someone many times as a punishment or in a fight 狠打，痛打 a brutal beating 一顿毒打2 take a beating LOSE A GAME, COMPETITION, OR WARto lose very badly in a game or competition 惨败，败北 The Dodgers took a real beating on Saturday. 星期六道奇队遭遇惨败。 → take some beating at beat1(11)Examples from the Corpus
beating• If he didn't want a beating, or worse, he'd have to pander to these monsters.• His later published account describes bad food, hard work over a fourteen-hour day, beatings and injury from unguarded machinery.• But she realized that further beatings could result in medical bills.• Southern police responded to sit-ins and civil rights marches with fire hoses, tear gas, beatings, and arrests.• This was the kind of outfit that would invite a hundred beatings in the Handle.• Tom said that Brian's beating was the end as far as he was concerned.• The patient died of head injuries inflicted during the beating.• The beating McGee took was violent and quick.beat·ing nounChineseSyllable
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beating
beat‧ing /ˈbiːtɪŋ/
noun1. [countable] an act of hitting someone many times as a punishment or in a fight:
a brutal beating
2. take a beating to lose very badly in a game or competition:
The Dodgers took a real beating on Saturday.
⇨ take some beating at beat1(11)
beat‧ing /ˈbiːtɪŋ/
noun1. [countable] an act of hitting someone many times as a punishment or in a fight: 2. take a beating to lose very badly in a game or competition:
⇨ take some beating at beat1(11)
