单词 | lashing |
释义 | lashing (læʃɪŋ ) Word forms: lashings 1. quantifier Lashings of something means a large quantity or amount of it. [mainly British, informal] Serve by cutting the scones in half and spreading with jam and lashings of clotted cream. [+ of] ...lashings of slapstick comedy. 2. countable noun [usually plural] Lashings are ropes or cables that are used to tie one thing to another. We made a tour of the yacht, checking lashings and emergency gear. 3. countable noun If you refer to someone's comments as a lashing, you mean that they are very critical and angry. He never grew used to the lashings he got from the critics. 4. countable noun A lashing is a punishment in which a person is hit with a whip. |
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