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单词 bash
释义

bash

/baʃ /
informal
verb [with object]
1Strike hard and violently: she bashed him with the book [no object]: people bashed on the doors...
  • I had forgot how much fun bashing the drums really hard is.
  • At the moment the keys on the piano are bashed rather hard.
  • Keep your eye on these hooks: sometimes even their incredibly sharp points can bend over when the current bashes them against hard rocks.

Synonyms

strike, hit, beat, thump, slap, smack, batter, pound, pummel, thrash, rap, buffet, hammer, bang, knock
informal wallop, belt, whack, clout, clip, clobber, bop, biff, sock, deck, swipe, lay one on
1.1 (bash something in) Damage or break something by striking it violently: the car’s rear window had been bashed in...
  • Neighborhood vandals and our own children bashed our windows in with rocks.
  • There was a police car on the flower bed, and its head was bashed in with the word ‘Police’ dented.
  • Jimmy's bashing my head in with a two-by-four!
1.2 [no object] (bash into) Collide with: the other vehicle bashed into the back of them...
  • I asked, just as I though would happen, something came bashing into my head; knocking me over, chair and all.
  • But he chased after me and my clothes got torn, and we were barely out of his father's car when this truck came out of nowhere and bashed into it and knocked it over the hill.
  • The suspension gets a bit of a hammering and there's always a danger of a truck or something bashing into you.

Synonyms

collide with, hit, crash into, run into, bang into, smash into, knock into, bump into, meet head-on
1.3Fiercely criticize or oppose: the dispute will be used as an excuse to bash the unions...
  • Critics also bashed the law for limiting access to information and privacy.
  • Critics who bash such films as Happy Times as being heavy-handed misinterpret the key differences between Eastern and Western cinema.
  • The critics who bash Harrington the most tend to overlook the problems Detroit has had with its passing game since his arrival.
noun
1A heavy blow: a bash on the head...
  • Her head hit the pavement with a muffled bash, and she was knocked unconscious.
  • The oaf wouldn't know the difference between a crotchet, a quaver, and a bash in the chops with a bassoon.
  • His reward was a bash in the head with the butt of a gun.

Synonyms

blow, rap, hit, knock, bang, slap, crack, thump, tap, clip
informal clout, whack, wallop
2A party or social event: a birthday bash...
  • New York Social Diary is your link to the parties, events, openings, launches, shindigs, bashes, and general social whirlwind that is the East Coast social scene.
  • The event was a birthday bash for KIK Corp. supremo and new Toronto Argonauts owner David Cynamon, who chartered the Air Canada jet.
  • My birthday party was a joint bash with a good friend from College, the English Civil War Historian.
3 [in singular] British An attempt: have a bash at this quiz...
  • Their amazing efforts started in June 2004 when the group decided to have a bash at breaking the record £10,000 previously raised by doing so.
  • So do have a bash at it, even if you're not 100% confident of your answers.
  • I'd like to have a bash at playing Gustav von Aschenbach in Death In Venice, please.

Phrasal verbs

bash something out

bash on (or away)

Origin

Mid 17th century (as a verb): imitative, perhaps a blend of bang1 and smash, dash, etc..

Rhymes

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