英语词汇“battering”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

batterbatter2 verb [intransitive always + adv./prep., transitive]

ETYMOLOGYbatter²

Origin: (1) 1400-1500 Probably from ➔ BATTER¹ (2) 1800-1900 ➔ BAT²

VERB TABLE

batter

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	batter
	he, she, it	batters
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	battered
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have battered
	he, she, it	has battered
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had battered
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will batter
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have battered

Continuous Form
Present	I	am battering
	he, she, it	is battering
	you, we, they	are battering
Past	I, he, she, it	was battering
	you, we, they	were battering
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been battering
	he, she, it	has been battering
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been battering
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be battering
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been battering

1to hit someone or something again and again, in a way that hurts someone or causes damage SYN beat: Each year, perhaps 4 million women are battered by their husbands.batter something at/on/against etc. The storm battered the ship against the rocks.2to make someone suffer from a loss, criticism, etc.: His campaign team was battered by a humiliating defeat in Iowa.—battering noun [countable, uncountable]