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 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++slap1 /slæp/ ●●○ verb (slapped, slapping)  1  [transitive]HIT to hit someone with the flat part of your hand 用巴掌打，掴 → punch Sarah slapped Aaron across the face. 萨拉在阿龙的脸上掴了一巴掌。► see thesaurus at hit2  [transitive always + adverb/preposition]PUT to put something down on a surface with force, especially when you are angry 〔尤指生气时〕啪的一声放下，重重地放下 Giles slapped his cards down on the table. 贾尔斯把手里的牌啪的一声摔在桌上。3. slap somebody on the back to hit someone on the back in a friendly way, often as a way of praising them 拍拍某人的背〔通常表示称赞〕4  [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]HIT/BUMP INTO to hit a surface with a lot of force, making a loud sharp sound 啪啪地撞击，拍击slap against Small waves slapped against the side of the boat. 细浪拍击着船舷。5.slap somebody down phrasal verb British English CRITICIZEto rudely tell someone that their suggestions, questions, ideas etc are stupid 粗暴地批评，训斥6 slap something ↔ on phrasal verb informal a) PUTto put or spread something quickly or carelessly onto a surface 匆匆地涂，草草地抹 She ran upstairs and slapped on some make-up. 她跑上楼，匆匆上了点妆。slap something on something We could slap some paint on it. 我们可以在上面刷点漆。b) ADDto suddenly announce a new charge, tax etc or say that something is not allowed – used especially when you think this is unfair 强制实行〔尤用于认为不公平时〕 Many tour operators slap on supplements for single people. 许多旅游公司向独行游客强行收取额外费用。slap something on something In 1977, the president slapped a ban on the commercial reprocessing of nuclear fuel. 1977年，总统突然颁布禁令，禁止核燃料的商用再处理。→ See Verb table

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slap• She slapped a bubble-syringe into the hair at the base of the girl's neck where the mark wouldn't show.• She lay on her bed and after a while heard Betty come in again, slapping at her cheeks and arms.• I think she had a feeling I might suddenly leap up and start slapping her around.• The steam, the heat, rose up and slapped her in the face.• She slapped him across the face and stormed out of the room.• I was so angry I wanted to slap him.• Dora slapped his face and ran home.• That hurt him almost as much as when I slapped his face for not letting me escape.• She slapped me when I tried to wipe it up, but I swear she winked at me.• He slapped my back and said, Maybe so.• Mrs. Williams slapped the children's hands away from the candy.• A hand raised to slap would send her into hysterical giggles; she knew it would never be delivered.slap against• Gray sheets of rain slapped against the windowpanes.slap2 noun  1  HIT[countable] a quick hit with the flat part of your hand 一巴掌；一掴 → punch Julia gave Roy a slap on the cheek. 朱莉娅扇了罗伊一个耳光。2. a slap in the face OFFENDan action that seems to be deliberately intended to offend or upset someone, especially someone who has tried very hard to do something 侮辱，打击3. a slap on the wrist PUNISHa punishment that you think is not severe enough 轻微的惩罚4. a slap on the back an action of hitting someone on the back in a friendly way, especially as a way of praising them 拍拍背〔尤表示称赞〕5. [uncountable] informal make-up 化妆品

Examples from the Corpus

slap• It could have been a slap.• If you don't behave yourself, you'll get a slap!• Sheila woke Ted up with a slap across the face.• A slap on the neck brought him rudely out of his trance.• The sounds of thuds, screams and slaps come from below.• The harsh question was like another slap in the face.• There was a starchy department head exchanging low fives and complicated hand slaps with a kid who barely reached his knee.• They struggled until slaps and blows stopped them.gave ... slap• They just gave him a slap on the wrist then and that enabled him to go out and kill my husband.Origin slap2 (1600-1700) Low German slapp, from the sound

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slap

I

ˌslap ˈbang (also slap) adverb informal
1. if you run, drive etc slap bang into something, you hit it with a lot of force
    slap bang into
    I ran slap bang into a lamp-post.
2. exactly in a particular place or at a particular time
    slap bang next to
    Anne’s house is slap bang next to the station.

II

slap¹ /slæp/ verb (past tense and past participle slapped, present participle slapping)
1. [transitive] to hit someone with the flat part of your hand ⇨ punch:
    Sarah slapped Aaron across the face.
2. [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to put something down on a surface with force, especially when you are angry:
    Giles slapped his cards down on the table.
3. slap somebody on the back to hit someone on the back in a friendly way, often as a way of praising them
4. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to hit a surface with a lot of force, making a loud sharp sound
    slap against
    Small waves slapped against the side of the boat.
     
slap somebody down phrasal verb British English
  to rudely tell someone that their suggestions, questions, ideas etc are stupid
slap something ↔ on phrasal verb informal
  1. to put or spread something quickly or carelessly onto a surface:
    She ran upstairs and slapped on some make-up.
    slap something on something
    We could slap some paint on it.
  2. to suddenly announce a new charge, tax etc or say that something is not allowed – used especially when you think this is unfair:
    Many tour operators slap on supplements for single people.
    slap something on something
    In 1977, the president slapped a ban on the commercial reprocessing of nuclear fuel.
     

THESAURUS

■ to hit someone
   ▪ hit to hit someone quickly and hard with your hand, a stick etc: He hit him hard in the stomach. | I don’t like to see people hitting a dog.
   ▪ beat to hit someone deliberately many times, especially very hard: The girl had been beaten to death. | He was beating the donkey with a stick.
   ▪ strike written to hit someone with your hand or a weapon. Strike is more formal than hit and is mainly used in written English: Her husband struck her twice across the face. | Police say that the man had been struck on the head.
   ▪ punch to hit someone hard with your closed hand, especially in a fight: I punched him on the nose. | She was screaming and punching him with her fists.
   ▪ thump /θʌmp/ informal to punch someone very hard: Sometimes I just want to thump him.
   ▪ beat somebody up to hurt someone badly in a violent attack, by hitting them many times: If I tell the police, they__ll beat me up. | He had been beaten up and tortured with lighted cigarettes.
   ▪ slap to hit someone with your open hand, especially because you are angry with them: They had a big row and she ended up slapping him.
   ▪ spank (also smack especially British English) to hit someone, especially a child, with your open hand in order to punish them: Should a parent ever smack a child? | I don’t agree with smacking. | In those days, children were spanked if they behaved badly.

III

slap² noun1. [countable] a quick hit with the flat part of your hand ⇨ punch:
    Julia gave Roy a slap on the cheek.
2. a slap in the face an action that seems to be deliberately intended to offend or upset someone, especially someone who has tried very hard to do something
3. a slap on the wrist a punishment that you think is not severe enough
4. a slap on the back an action of hitting someone on the back in a friendly way, especially as a way of praising them
5. [uncountable] informal make-up