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drubbing

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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drub·bing /ˈdrʌbɪŋ/ noun [countable]  DSBEAT/DEFEATan occasion when one team easily beats another team in sport 〔体育比赛中的〕轻易取胜 Ireland gave England a drubbing at Twickenham. 爱尔兰队在维克汉姆体育场轻取英格兰队。
Examples from the Corpus
drubbingHowever, I will video Manc of the Day so we can see the 8-0 drubbing all over again.Wednesday will be unchanged after their 8-0 drubbing of Aldershot in the Littlewoods Cup - provided Palmer shakes off a knee injury.The Dodgers held first place after a 10-4 drubbing of the Cincinnati Reds.The Lions took a drubbing from the Eagles last night, losing 58-37.Up against us were a good pair who had previously given us a drubbing.This wasn't defeat, it was a drubbing.The third match at Melbourne was then completely washed out, but at Adelaide West Indies produced another drubbing.And, indeed, it could have been an even bigger drubbing.So why did it end with dwindling audiences and a critical drubbing?Gramm's drubbing by Davis in the California primary has badly hurt his campaign.
Origin drubbing (1600-1700) drub to hit ((17-20 centuries)), probably from Arabic daraba
drub·bing nounChineseSyllable
when beats team an one Corpus easily another occasion team


drubbing
drubbing /ˈdrʌbɪŋ/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1600-1700
 Origin: drub 'to hit' (17-20 centuries), probably from Arabic daraba
an occasion when one team easily beats another team in sport:
    Ireland gave England a drubbing at Twickenham.


drub·bingBrE /ˈdrʌbɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdrʌbɪŋ/ 🔊 noun (informal) (in a sport) a situation where one team easily beats another (体育运动)轻取,轻易战胜We gave them a drubbing in the match on Saturday. 我们在星期六的比赛中轻而易举地打败了他们。🔊🔊