whacking
英 [ˈwækɪŋ]
美 [ˈwækɪŋ]
adj. (强调体积或数额)巨大的,极大的
v. 猛打; 重击; 狠揍; 草草放下; 谋杀
whack的现在分词
BNC.38704 / COCA.35341
牛津词典
adj.
- (强调体积或数额)巨大的,极大的
used to emphasize how big or how much sth is- a whacking great hole in the roof
房顶上一个巨大的窟窿 - They were fined a whacking £100 000.
他们被罚了10万英镑的巨款。
- a whacking great hole in the roof
柯林斯词典
- ADJ (表示强调)很大的,巨大的
You can usewhackingto emphasize how big something is.- The supermarkets may be making whacking profits.
超市可能都在赚大钱。 - Whackingis also an adverb.
- ...a whacking great hole.
极大的洞
- The supermarkets may be making whacking profits.
英英释义
noun
- the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
adj
- (British informal) enormous
- a whacking phone bill
- a whacking lie
adv
- extremely
- a whacking good story
双语例句
- All of a sudden John Gotti came in, and without speaking to anybody, went over to the card table and started whacking a guy with a bat, almost beating the guy to death.
高提突然冲进来,不发一语,直接走向牌桌用球棒开始揍人,那人差点没命。 - They're whacking me for playing both sides.
他们在攻击我两面讨好。 - It was the very same man who now, as I'm writing, keeps whacking me, mechanically and impassively, with an umbrella.
结果我发现,就是这个我正在谈论的男人在打我,他现在还不停地用伞打我,动作机械、毫无表情。 - Williamson's umbrella and started whacking pencil sharpeners and glue sticks across the room like the guy's playing baseball.
最出奇的是我的朋友还用威廉森先生的雨伞把什么笔呀,固体胶啊,像打棒球一样打。 - We had a whacking phone bill this month.
我们这个月电话费账单大得不得了。 - They dug this whacking great hole.
他们挖了这样一个大得惊人的洞。 - He waited until his father had gone, to avoid another whacking.
他一直等到他父亲离开,以免再挨一顿打。 - Just her, like, whacking away with the skillet.
只有她才会用煎锅打自己。 - His firm is just one player in a "whacking great" industry, he explains.
泰勒解释道,维多不过是一个“举足轻重”的行业中的一家企业。 - Rather than paying a whacking advance to one author, it has invited everyone to contribute to the book on the web.
如今,出版商不是向一位作者支付巨额的定金,而是邀请每个人为网络书籍供稿。