| 单词 | batter |
| 释义 | batter batter1 /bat"euhr/, v.t. 1. to beat persistently or hard; pound repeatedly. 2. to damage by beating or hard usage: Rough roads had battered the car. High winds were battering the coast. v.i. 3. to deal heavy, repeated blows; pound steadily: continuing to batter at the front door. n. 4. Print. a. a damaged area on the face of type or plate. b. the resulting defect in print. [1300-50; ME bateren, prob. < MF, OF batre to beat (see BATE2), with the inf. ending identified with -ER6; cf. AF baterer] Syn. 1. belabor, smite, pelt. 2. bruise, wound; smash, shatter, shiver; destroy, ruin. batter2 /bat"euhr/, n. 1. a mixture of flour, milk or water, eggs, etc., beaten together for use in cookery. v.t. 2. to coat with batter. [1350-1400; ME bat(o)ur, bat(e)re, perh. < AF bature, OF bat(e)ure act of beating (bat(re) to beat (see BATE2) + -eure < *-atura; see -ATE2, -URE), reinforced by BATTER1] batter3 /bat"euhr/, n. a player who swings a bat or whose turn it is to bat, as in baseball or cricket. [1765-75; BAT1 + -ER1] batter4 /bat"euhr/, Archit. v.i. 1. (of the face of a wall or the like) to slope backward and upward. n. 2. a backward and upward slope of the face of a wall or the like. [1540-50; of obscure orig.] |
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