HITto hit someone or something many times, in a way that hurts or damages them 殴打;连续猛击;撞击
He was battered to death.
他被殴打致死。
As a child, she was battered by her father.
她小时候遭受过父亲的殴打。
batter at/on/against etc
People were battering at the door.
人们在不停地擂门。
batter somebody with something
He was battered on the head with a cricket bat.
他头上遭板球球板猛击。
batter away
She battered away at his chest with her fists.
她用拳头捶打着他的胸口。
batter something down
Armed police battered his door down.
武装警察砸开了他的门。
Examples from the Corpus
batter• Michael Pearson, 19, of Leeds, battered 19-year-old Dean Fisher to death after meeting him in a pub.• His campaign team was battered by a humiliatingdefeat in Iowa.• Each year, perhaps 4 million women are battered by their husbands.• The man she was living with was battering her, Lee-Cruz said, and she called the police.• The jury heard how Thompson had been maddened by what he saw and battered his wife to death.• There were reports of soldiersbatteringprisoners with their rifles.• Teacherssuspect that the child is being battered regularly by his parents.
battered to death• He'd been battered to death.• Parkmanager Paul Weston said the rabbits had apparently been battered to death.• Two days later the bishop was battered to death in his home.• Mr Davidson was battered to death while his daughter's eye was pierced with a knittingneedle.• I'd seen it too and it hadn't told me anything except that Moira was battered to death with a tenor sax.
1mixture of eggs, milk and flour(和有雞蛋、牛奶和麪粉的)稀麪糊➡ see also mixtureADJECTIVE | VERB + BATTERADJECTIVE➤smooth, thick均勻無塊粒的/黏稠的麪糊➤crispy, light (both especially BrE) 酥脆易碎的/鬆軟的麪糊➤remaining剩下的麪糊▸➤crêpe, pancake烙薄煎餅用的/烙厚煎餅用的麪糊▸➤brownie, cake, cookie (all NAmE) 果仁巧克力/蛋糕/餅乾麪糊➤chocolate (NAmE) 巧克力糊➤beer, tempura啤酒/天婦羅麪糊VERB + BATTER➤mix, stir混合/攪拌麪糊◇I started mixing the batter for the pancakes.我開始和攤煎餅的麪糊。➤pour, spoon, transfer (especially NAmE) 倒出/用湯匙舀/移走麪糊◇Pour the batter into a prepared pan.把麪糊倒入準備好的平底鍋內。batter
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2in baseball棒球➡ see also batsmanADJECTIVE | VERB + BATTER | BATTER + VERBADJECTIVE➤left-handed, right-handed左手/右手擊球手➤first, lead-off第一棒擊球手➤next下一位擊球手➤opposing對方擊球手◇Opposing batters are fooled by Madsen's delivery.對方擊球手上了馬德森的投球的當。VERB + BATTER➤face sb對付某擊球手◇Rivera faced seven batters and retired six.里韋拉對付 7 個擊球手,讓 6 個出局。➤retire sb, strike sb out, walk sb使某人出局◇Jimmy struck out the first batter with ease.吉米輕鬆地讓第一位擊球手出局。◇He has walked just eight batters all year.整整一年他只讓 8 位擊球手出局。BATTER + VERB➤step in, step into the box擊球手上場➤swing擊球手揮棒➤strike out擊球手 3 擊不中出局◇The first batter struck out.第一位擊球手 3 擊不中出局。➤hit sth擊球手擊⋯◇I heard the fans groan as the batter hit a grand slam.擊球手擊了個全壘打,我聽見球迷發出抱怨聲。