thrashing

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thrash·ing /ˈθræʃɪŋ/ noun [countableC] especially British EnglishBrE

1 an occasion when you beat someone or are beaten violently as a punishment （被）痛打

If you speak to your mother like that again, you’ll get a thrashing.

你再那样跟你妈说话，就要挨揍了。

I’ll give you the thrashing you deserve.

我要狠狠揍你一顿，你这是罪有应得。

2 informal an occasion when you defeat someone or are defeated very easily in a game 〔比赛中的〕大胜，大败

The manager resigned after his team’s 14–0 thrashing.

教练在他的球队0比14惨败后辞职。

Examples from the Corpus

thrashing• Wigan's victory was also a record defeat for Swinton - beating the 76-3 thrashing by Huddersfield in 1946.• It sounds to me as if you all need a jolly good thrashing.• Last week in the House, I suggested that such people should be given a sound thrashing.• Could we arrange for such offenders to have a sound thrashing?

give ... thrashing• Last week in the House, I suggested that such people should be given a sound thrashing.

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See also: thrash

BNC: 19808 COCA: 23528