| 单词 | lick |
| 释义 | lick (once / 503 pages) 1vn 2vn 3v To lick is to taste or touch with the tongue. When your dog licks you, he's saying hello. Humans should opt for waving hello over licking. Animal mothers lick their babies to clean them, and adult cats also groom themselves this way. People generally lick things to taste them: you might lick an ice cream cone or a lollipop, or lick salt off your arm after a day at the beach. Colloquially, to lick an opponent is to beat them at a game or fight. In jazz music, a lick is a short burst of music, or a solo. WORD FAMILYlick: licked, licking, licks+/licking: lickings USAGE EXAMPLESThat leaves Hong Kong super maxi Scallywag licking her wounds. The Guardian(Dec 26, 2016) Our favorite is his bacon aioli fries, which you’ll still be licking off your fingers long after you’ve inhaled them. Washington Post(Dec 13, 2016) She licks the swirls of cream and blood off her fingers, looking up triumphantly. Salon(Dec 17, 2016) 1 1v pass the tongue over the dog licked her hand Syn|Hypo|Hyper lap tongue lick or explore with the tongue stroke touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions 2v take up with the tongue the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast Syn|Hyper lap, lap up drink, imbibe take in liquids 3n touching with the tongue Syn|Hyper lap touch, touching the act of putting two things together with no space between them 4n a salt deposit that animals regularly lick 2Syn|Hyper salt lick deposit, sediment matter that has been deposited by some natural process 1v beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight We licked the other team on Sunday! Syn|Hyper bat, clobber, cream, drub, thrash flail, lam, thrash, thresh give a thrashing to; beat hard beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish come out better in a competition, race, or conflict 2n (boxing) a blow with the fist 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper biff, clout, poke, punch, slug counter, counterpunch, parry a return punch (especially by a boxer) KO punch, Sunday punch, haymaker, knockout puncha hard punch that renders the opponent unable to continue boxing hooka short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent jaba quick short straight punch rabbit puncha short chopping blow to the back of the neck sucker punchan unexpected punch roundhousea hook delivered with an exaggerated swing blow a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon v find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of Syn|Hypo|Hyper figure out, puzzle out, solve, work, work out answer, resolve understand the meaning of riddleexplain a riddle strikearrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing guess, inferguess correctly; solve by guessing answergive the correct answer or solution to breakfind the solution or key to telldiscern or comprehend understand know and comprehend the nature or meaning of |
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