| 单词 | wallop |
| 释义 | wallop (once / 5200 pages) nv A wallop is a hard punch or another strong hit. A boxer sometimes wins a match with one single, well-aimed wallop to their opponent. A wallop is not just a physical blow, but it can also be a huge effect or impact. A principal's strongly worded lecture to a group of bullies might pack a wallop, for example, resulting in a major change in behavior. Use this word as a verb and it means "punch" or "defeat completely," so you'll frequently hear it in sports reporting: "The Wizards score the last points of the game and wallop the Pacers." WORD FAMILYwallop: walloped, walloper, walloping, wallopping, wallops+/walloper: wallopers/walloping: wallopings USAGE EXAMPLESTo retire as a child star packs a particularly unpleasant wallop. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) When the two teams met last month, Boston walloped them by 28 points. New York Times(Dec 25, 2016) His favorite game was probably 1935, four years before Union Station opened, when Alabama, one of the best teams he’s ever seen, walloped Stanford. Los Angeles Times(Dec 24, 2016) 1n a severe blow Hyper blow a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon 2n a forceful consequence; a strong effect the book packs a wallop Syn|Hyper impact consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon 3v hit hard Syn|Hyper whack, wham, whop hit deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument 4v defeat soundly and utterly We'll wallop them! Hyper defeat, get the better of, overcome win a victory over |
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