thrash

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++thrash1 /θræʃ/ verb  1  [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive]SIDE to move or make something move from side to side in a violent or uncontrolled way （使）猛烈摆动；翻腾thrash about/around The girl was thrashing about in the water. 女孩在水里拼命地挣扎。 Salmon thrash their tails and leap from the water. 鲑鱼甩动着尾巴跃出水面。2  [transitive]HIT to beat someone violently, especially in order to punish them 毒打，痛打〔尤指作为惩罚〕 My poor brother used to get thrashed for all kinds of minor offences. 我那可怜的哥哥过去常常因为各种各样的小错而挨打。3  [transitive] informalBEAT/DEFEAT to defeat someone very easily in a game 〔比赛中〕轻易击败，大败，重创 Brazil thrashed Italy 5–0. 巴西队以五比零大败意大利队。► see thesaurus at beat4 thrash something ↔ out phrasal verb DISCUSSto discuss something thoroughly with someone until you find an answer, reach an agreement, or decide on something 彻底讨论，仔细商讨〔直到找出解决办法，达成协议或作出决定〕 We still have to get together and thrash out the details. 我们还得一起商定细节。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

thrash• He's a restless sleeper, kicking and thrashing about throughout the night.• But the fish thrashed and broke free.• We tied balloons and streamers to the tents, wheelbarrow and Land Rover and watched them being thrashed by the wind.• He was thrashing from side to side.• The idea was thrashed out at a lunch given by Kenneth Horne.• Great issues of conscience are thrashed out in impassioned, eloquent language.• The Gators soundly thrashed San Jose State.• Like a fish in a net, the more he thrashes, the more he is doomed.thrash about/around• None the less to ward them off, lanterns are hung near the surface where the sharks thrash about.• More screams and grimaces and thrashing about, and then pure vertigo.• I struggle with them, thrashing around, and wake up to the alarm.• Ringo Starr was rolled out for the encores and thrashed about enthusiastically enough.• The mare thrashes about in the enclosure for a moment, then finds an opening and moves easily through it.• Their heads thrash about on the bloodied floor, gnashing their teeth and foaming at the mouth.• Raving and thrashing about, the victim becomes gradually weaker and, if lucky, may eventually become unconscious.• He's a restless sleeper, kicking and thrashing about throughout the night.

Related topics: Music

thrash2 noun  1. [singular]SIDE a violent movement from side to side 剧烈的摆动2. [uncountable] informalAPM a type of loud fast rock music 敲击摇滚乐3. [countable] British English old-fashionedPARTY a loud noisy party 闹哄哄的聚会

Examples from the Corpus

thrash• There's a bloody thrash metal band, actually.• Rebel against the party line and the usually dreary office thrash will become a real glam ball.• And I was sorry to miss you at the Keppels's thrash.• Conversation was limited by the roar of the engine and the thrash of the bow waves.• Anne heard the tinny thrash of muted music.• Just withering thrash grooves that shoot past in a punch-drunk blur, leaving their peers way behind.Origin thrash1 (1500-1600) thresh

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thrash¹ /θræʃ/ verb1. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive] to move or make something move from side to side in a violent or uncontrolled way
    thrash about/around
    The girl was thrashing about in the water.
    Salmon thrash their tails and leap from the water.
2. [transitive] to beat someone violently, especially in order to punish them:
    My poor brother used to get thrashed for all kinds of minor offences.
3. [transitive] informal to defeat someone very easily in a game:
    Brazil thrashed Italy 5–0.
     
thrash something ↔ out phrasal verb
  to discuss something thoroughly with someone until you find an answer, reach an agreement, or decide on something:
    We still have to get together and thrash out the details.
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ beat to get more points, votes etc than someone. Beat is used especially in spoken English: We should have beaten them easily. | I always beat my brother at tennis.
   ▪ defeat to beat someone. Defeat is more formal than beat and is used especially in writing: England were defeated by 2 goals to 1. | Bush defeated Kerry in the election.
   ▪ trounce /traʊns/ to defeat someone completely in a game: They were trounced 20–0 by Kuwait.
   ▪ thrash British English informal, cream American English informal to beat someone very easily in a game: Of course, they totally creamed the other team. | I hope we thrash them!
   ▪ wipe the floor with somebody informal to beat someone completely in a game or argument: She wiped the floor with her opponent in the debate. | They won a £1,000 prize after wiping the floor with the opposition in a bowling competition.

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thrash² noun
1. [singular] a violent movement from side to side
2. [uncountable] informal a type of loud fast rock music
3. [countable] British English old-fashioned a loud noisy party