单词 | spanking |
释义 | spanking (spæŋkɪŋ ) Word forms: spankings 1. countable noun If someone gives a child a spanking, they punish them by hitting them on the bottom several times with their hand. Andrea gave her son a sound spanking. Synonyms: smacking, hiding [informal], whacking, slapping 2. adverb [ADVERB adjective] If you describe something as spanking new, spanking clean, or spanking white, you mean that it is very new, very clean, or very white. [informal, emphasis] ...a spanking new Mercedes. The upstairs bedrooms were spanking clean. 3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] If something moves at a spanking pace, it moves quickly. [old-fashioned] The film moves along at a spanking pace. We rode at a spanking trot. Synonyms: fast, quick, brisk, lively |
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