beat a retreat

beat

B0138200 (bēt)v. beat, beat·en (bēt′n) or beat, beat·ing, beats v.tr.1. a. To strike repeatedly.b. To subject to repeated beatings or physical abuse; batter.c. To punish by hitting or whipping; flog.2. a. To strike against repeatedly and with force; pound: waves beating the shore.b. To flap (wings, for example).c. To strike so as to produce music or a signal: beat a drum.d. Music To mark or count (time or rhythm), especially with the hands or with a baton.3. a. To shape or break by repeated blows; forge: beat the glowing metal into a dagger.b. To make by pounding or trampling: beat a path through the jungle.4. To mix rapidly with a utensil: beat two eggs in a bowl.5. a. To defeat or subdue, as in a contest. See Synonyms at defeat.b. To force to withdraw or retreat: beat back the enemy.c. To dislodge from a position: I beat him down to a lower price.6. Informal To be superior to or better than: Riding beats walking.7. Slang To perplex or baffle: It beats me; I don't know the answer.8. Informal a. To avoid or counter the effects of, often by thinking ahead; circumvent: beat the traffic.b. To arrive or finish before (another): We beat you home by five minutes.c. To deprive, as by craft or ability: He beat me out of 20 dollars with his latest scheme.9. Physics To cause a reference wave to combine with (a second wave) so that the frequency of the second wave can be studied through time variations in the amplitude of the combination.v.intr.1. To inflict repeated blows.2. To pulsate; throb.3. a. To emit sound when struck: The gong beat thunderously.b. To strike a drum.4. To flap repeatedly.5. To shine or glare intensely: The sun beat down on us all day.6. To fall in torrents: The rain beat on the roof.7. To hunt through woods or underbrush in search of game.8. Nautical To sail upwind by tacking repeatedly.n.1. A stroke or blow, especially one that produces a sound or serves as a signal.2. A pulsation or throb.3. Physics A variation in the amplitude of a wave, especially that which results from the superpositioning of two or more waves of different frequencies. When sound waves are combined, the beat is heard as a pulsation in the sound.4. Music a. A steady succession of units of rhythm.b. A gesture used by a conductor to indicate such a unit.5. A pattern of stress that produces the rhythm of verse.6. A variable unit of time measuring a pause taken by an actor, as for dramatic effect.7. a. The area regularly covered by a reporter, a police officer, or a sentry: television's culture beat.b. The reporting of a news item obtained ahead of one's competitors.8. often Beat A member of the Beat Generation.adj.1. Informal Worn-out; fatigued.2. often Beat Of or relating to the Beat Generation.Phrasal Verbs: beat off1. To drive away.2. Vulgar Slang To masturbate. beat out Baseball To reach base safely on (a bunt or ground ball) when a putout is attempted.Idioms: beat all To be impressive or amazing. Often used in negative conditional constructions: If that doesn't beat all! beat a retreat To make a hasty withdrawal.beat around/about the bush To fail to confront a subject directly. beat it Slang To leave hurriedly. beat the bushes To make an exhaustive search.beat the drum/drums To give enthusiastic public support or promotion: a politician who beats the drum for liberalism. beat up on1. To attack physically.2. To criticize or scold harshly. to beat the band To an extreme degree.

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[Middle English beten, from Old English bēaten; see bhau- in Indo-European roots.]Synonyms: beat, batter¹, buffet², hammer, pound², pummel, thrash
These verbs mean to hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows: beat each other with sticks; a ship battered by storm waves; buffeted him with her open palm; hammered his opponent with his fists; troops pounded by mortar fire; pummeled the bully soundly; dolphins thrashing the water with their tails. See Also Synonyms at defeat.

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beat a retreat - depart hastily take leave, quit, depart - go away or leave

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仓皇逃走

beat

(biːt) – past tense beat: past participle ˈbeaten – verb1. to strike or hit repeatedly. Beat the drum. (接連地)擊打 （接连地）击打 2. to win against. She beat me in a contest. 戰勝 战胜3. to mix thoroughly. to beat an egg. 攪拌 搅拌4. to move in a regular rhythm. My heart is beating faster than usual. 跳動 跳动5. to mark or indicate (musical time) with a baton etc. A conductor beats time for an orchestra. 打拍子 打拍子 noun1. a regular stroke or its sound. I like the beat of that song. 節奏 敲击声，拍子 2. a regular or usual course. a policeman's beat. 固定的(巡邏)路線 巡逻路线ˈbeater noun 敲打者 敲打者ˈbeating noun 敲打 敲打ˈbeaten adjective1. overcome; defeated. the beaten team; He looked tired and beaten. 被打敗的 打败了的2. mixed thoroughly. beaten egg. 充分攪拌的 充分搅拌的beat about the bush to approach a subject in an indirect way, without coming to the point or making any decision. 旁敲側擊 旁敲侧击beat down1. (of the sun) to give out great heat. The sun's rays beat down on us. (太陽)發散酷熱 （太阳）直射，烤晒 2. to (force to) lower a price by bargaining. We beat the price down; We beat him down to a good price. 殺價 杀价beat it to go away. Beat it, or I'll hit you!; She told her little brother to beat it. 滾開 滚开beat off to succeed in overcoming or preventing. The old man beat off the youths who attacked him; He beat the attack off easily. 擊退 打退beat a (hasty) retreat to go away in a hurry. The children beat a hasty retreat when he appeared. 倉惶逃走 仓皇逃走beat up to punch, kick or hit (a person) severely and repeatedly. He beat up an old lady. 痛毆 痛殴off the beaten track away from main roads, centres of population etc. 遠離喧囂 离开熟路，远离喧嚣