thrash
v
1 [Tn] beat (a person or an animal) with a stick or whip, esp as a punishment (用棍或鞭)打或抽(人或动物)(尤指惩罚).
2 [Tn] hit (sth) with repeated blows 连续击打(某物)
The whale thrashed the water with its tail. 那条鲸鱼不住地用尾巴击水.
3 [Tn] defeat (sb) thoroughly in a contest (在比赛中)彻底击败(某人)
Chelsea were thrashed 6-1 by Leeds. 切尔西队被利兹队以6比1打得一败涂地.
4 [I, Ip] ~(about/around) make violent or convulsive movements激烈地运动、 活动或移动
Swimmers thrashing about in the water. 游泳的人在水中用力打水.
5 [Tn] = thresh.
6 (phr v) thrash sth out
(a) discuss sth thoroughly and frankly 深入而坦率地商讨某事
call a meeting to thrash out the problem 召集会议深入讨论该问题.
(b) produce sth by discussion of this kind 藉深入而坦率的商讨产生某事物
After much argument we thrashed out a plan. 我们经充分地讨论制定出一个计画.
🔁 扩展释义
*[θræʃ]vt. 打, 使逆行, 胜过, 推敲, 鞭打vi. 打谷, 痛打, 剧烈扭动, 逆行n. 打谷, (划水)鞭状动作相关词组: thrash sth out
One of the first jobs when you start work in an office is to learn how to use every piece of equipment.
你在办公室开始工作的第一件事就是要学会怎样使用办公室里的每样设备。
If an unfair law existed, - and there were many that had been passed by the British rulers in India and South Africa - it was the duty of everyone to disobey this law, but without using violence.