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thrashing

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++thrash·ing /ˈθræʃɪŋ/ noun [countable] especially British English  1 an occasion when you beat someone or are beaten violently as a punishment (被)痛打 If you speak to your mother like that again, you’ll get a thrashing. 你再那样跟你妈说话,就要挨揍了。 I’ll give you the thrashing you deserve. 我要狠狠揍你一顿,你这是罪有应得。2 informal an occasion when you defeat someone or are defeated very easily in a game 〔比赛中的〕大胜,大败 The manager resigned after his team’s 14–0 thrashing. 教练在他的球队014惨败后辞职。
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thrashingWigan's victory was also a record defeat for Swinton - beating the 76-3 thrashing by Huddersfield in 1946.It sounds to me as if you all need a jolly good thrashing.Last week in the House, I suggested that such people should be given a sound thrashing.Could we arrange for such offenders to have a sound thrashing?give ... thrashingLast week in the House, I suggested that such people should be given a sound thrashing.
thrash·ing nounChineseSyllable
beaten beat you when are someone occasion Corpus an or violently


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thrashing
thrashing /ˈθræʃɪŋ/ noun [countable] especially British English
1. an occasion when you beat someone or are beaten violently as a punishment:
    If you speak to your mother like that again, you’ll get a thrashing.
    I’ll give you the thrashing you deserve.
2. informal an occasion when you defeat someone or are defeated very easily in a game:
    The manager resigned after his team’s 14–0 thrashing.


thrash·ingBrE /ˈθræʃɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈθræʃɪŋ/ 🔊 nounan act of hitting sb very hard, especially with a stick 棒打;殴打;痛打to give sb/get a thrashing 痛打某人一顿;挨了一顿痛打(informal) a severe defeat in a game (比赛)大败,惨败