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1[transitiveT]HIT to hit someone or something with a whip 鞭打,抽
He whipped the horse into a canter.
他抽了一下鞭子,马儿就小跑起来。
2[intransitiveI, transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]MOVE/CHANGE POSITION to move quickly and violently, or to make something do this(使)迅速[猛地]移动
The wind whipped her hair into her eyes.
风把她的头发吹进了眼睛里。
whip across/around/past etc
Rain whipped across the window pane.
雨点打在窗玻璃上。
whip something about/around
The branches were being whipped about in the storm.
树枝在暴风雨中被吹得左右摇晃。
whip round/around
He whipped round to face them.
他猛地转过身来面对他们。
3[transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]MOVE something OR somebodyREMOVE to move or remove something with a quicksuddenmovement 突然移动[挪开]〔某物〕
whip something off/out/back etc
Annie whipped off her apron and put it into the drawer.
安妮迅速解开围裙,放进抽屉。
He whipped back the sheets.
他猛地掀开被单。
4[transitiveT]DFC to mixcream or the clear part of an egg very hard until it becomes stiff 搅打〔奶油或蛋清使成糊状〕 → beat, whisk
Whip the cream until thick.
把奶油打到变稠。
5.[transitiveT]British EnglishBrE informalSTEAL to steal something 偷走
6whip through somethingphrasal verbphr v informalFINISH DOING somethingto finish a job very quickly 快速做完
He whipped through his routine paperwork before going home.
a)CAUSEto try to make people feel strongly about something 鼓动,激起
whip up interest/opposition/support etc
They’ll do anything to whip up a bit of interest in a book.
他们会想方设法激起人们对某本书的兴趣。
an attempt to whip up the masses
煽动民众的企图
b)DFCMAKEto quickly make something to eat 匆匆做好〔饭菜〕
Mother was in the kitchen whipping up a batch of cakes.
母亲在厨房里赶做几个蛋糕。
Examples from the Corpus
whip up interest/opposition/support etc• Here, too, came Gladstone and other politicians to whip up support.• Any debate will persuade them they're whipping up interest in fiction.• Starting in 1967, we tried hard to whip up interest in the robots among potentialcustomers, but with little success.
whip across/around/past etc• Gregson felt the wind whipping around him, felt the chill grow more intense.• The cloudswhip past like a speedingfilm.• Below left Ingrid's felt shawls keep out the icy winds that whip across Rackwick Beach, Hoy.• Wind whipping across sandbar on oppositeshore, sandblowing across water.• You can feel the cold winds whipping across the barrenisland of Smuttynose as Maren relates her disturbing story.• A person standing gives a lunge to the wheelchair, and the body whips around the stage.
1[countableC]HIT a long thin piece of rope or leather with a handle, that you hit animals with to make them move or that you hit someone with to punish them 鞭子
The coachman cracked his whip and the carriage lurched forward.
3.[countableC]PGP a written order sent to members of the British Parliament telling them when and how to vote 〔送交英国议会议员的有关投票事宜的〕书面通知,鞭令 →three-line whip
4[countableC, uncountableU]British EnglishBrEDFF a sweetdish made from the white part of eggs and chocolate or fruit, beaten together to make a smooth light mixture 蛋奶甜点〔用蛋清加巧克力或水果搅打而成的糊状甜点〕
pineapple whip
菠萝蛋奶甜点
5.have the whip handCONTROLto have power and control over someone 执掌大权;占主导地位
cracked ... whip• Joegrinned, cracked a playful whip and lightly tweaked the reins.• Organised a seven-million guarantee. Cracked the whip in the City.• On February 22, Dawson and the others cracked the whip and the vote poured out.• She cracked her whip and he responded.
Originwhip1
(1200-1300) Probably from Middle Dutch or Middle Low Germanwippen“to swing”