thrash

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thrash1 /θræʃ/ verb

1 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep, transitiveT]SIDE to move or make something move from side to side in a violent or uncontrolled way （使）猛烈摆动；翻腾

thrash about/around

The girl was thrashing about in the water.

女孩在水里拼命地挣扎。

Salmon thrash their tails and leap from the water.

鲑鱼甩动着尾巴跃出水面。

2 [transitiveT]HIT to beat someone violently, especially in order to punish them 毒打，痛打〔尤指作为惩罚〕

My poor brother used to get thrashed for all kinds of minor offences.

我那可怜的哥哥过去常常因为各种各样的小错而挨打。

3 [transitiveT] informalBEAT/DEFEAT to defeat someone very easily in a game 〔比赛中〕轻易击败，大败，重创

Brazil thrashed Italy 5–0.

巴西队以五比零大败意大利队。

► see thesaurus at beat

4 thrash something ↔ out phrasal verbphr v DISCUSSto discuss something thoroughly with someone until you find an answer, reach an agreement, or decide on something 彻底讨论，仔细商讨〔直到找出解决办法，达成协议或作出决定〕

We still have to get together and thrash out the details.

我们还得一起商定细节。

Examples from the Corpus

thrash out• Why hadn't they gone into all this at the time, really thrashed it out?• After a fortnight drying out, the sheaves will be stacked in a rick ready for thrashing to separate out the grain.

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thrash• He's a restless sleeper, kicking and thrashing about throughout the night.• But the fish thrashed and broke free.• We tied balloons and streamers to the tents, wheelbarrow and Land Rover and watched them being thrashed by the wind.• He was thrashing from side to side.• The idea was thrashed out at a lunch given by Kenneth Horne.• Great issues of conscience are thrashed out in impassioned, eloquent language.• The Gators soundly thrashed San Jose State.• Like a fish in a net, the more he thrashes, the more he is doomed.

thrash about/around• None the less to ward them off, lanterns are hung near the surface where the sharks thrash about.• More screams and grimaces and thrashing about, and then pure vertigo.• I struggle with them, thrashing around, and wake up to the alarm.• Ringo Starr was rolled out for the encores and thrashed about enthusiastically enough.• The mare thrashes about in the enclosure for a moment, then finds an opening and moves easily through it.• Their heads thrash about on the bloodied floor, gnashing their teeth and foaming at the mouth.• Raving and thrashing about, the victim becomes gradually weaker and, if lucky, may eventually become unconscious.• He's a restless sleeper, kicking and thrashing about throughout the night.

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