| 单词 | flog |
| 释义 | flog v. (flogged, flogging) 1. tr. a beat with a whip, stick, etc. (as a punishment or to urge on). b make work through violent effort (flogged the engine). 2. tr. Brit. sl. sell. 3. tr. (usu. foll. by into, out of) drive (a quality, knowledge, etc.) into or out of a person, esp. by physical punishment. 4. intr. & refl. sl. proceed by violent or painful effort. Phrases and idioms flog a dead horse waste energy on something unalterable. flog to death colloq. talk about or promote at tedious length. Derivatives flogger n. Etymology: 17th-c. cant: prob. imit. or f. L flagellare to whip |
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