| 单词 | beating |
| 释义 | beating (biːtɪŋ ) Word forms: beatings 1. countable noun If someone is given a beating, they are hit hard many times, especially with something such as a stick. ...after a savage beating by fellow inmates. The team secured pictures of prisoners showing signs of severe beatings. 2. singular noun If something such as a business, a political party, or a team takes a beating, it is defeated by a large amount in a competition or election. Our firm has taken a terrible beating in recent years. 3. sth will take some beating phrase If you say that something will take some beating, you mean that it is very good and it is unlikely that anything better will be done or made. [informal] For sheer scale and grandeur, Leeds Castle in Kent takes some beating. |
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