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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,馬兒就小跑起來。
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]移動
The wind whipped her hair into her eyes.
風把她的頭發吹進了眼睛裏。
whip across/around/past etc
Rain whipped across the window pane.
雨點打在窗玻璃上。
whip something about/around
The branches were being whipped about in the storm.
樹枝在暴風雨中被吹得左右搖晃。
whip round/around
He whipped round to face them.
他猛地轉過身來面對他們。
3[transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]MOVE something OR somebodyREMOVE to move or remove something with a quicksuddenmovement 突然移動[挪開]〔某物〕
whip something off/out/back etc
Annie whipped off her apron and put it into the drawer.
安妮迅速解開圍裙,放進抽屜。
He whipped back the sheets.
他猛地掀開被單。
4[transitiveT]DFC to mixcream or the clear part of an egg very hard until it becomes stiff 攪打〔奶油或蛋清使成糊狀〕 → beat, whisk
Whip the cream until thick.
把奶油打到變稠。
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 鼓動,激起
whip up interest/opposition/support etc
They’ll do anything to whip up a bit of interest in a book.
他們會想方設法激起人們對某本書的興趣。
an attempt to whip up the masses
煽動民衆的企圖
b)DFCMAKEto quickly make something to eat 匆匆做好〔飯菜〕
Mother was in the kitchen whipping up a batch of cakes.
母親在廚房裏趕做幾個蛋糕。
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 〔送交英國議會議員的有關投票事宜的〕書面通知,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 蛋奶甜點〔用蛋清加巧克力或水果攪打而成的糊狀甜點〕
pineapple whip
菠蘿蛋奶甜點
5.have the whip handCONTROLto have power and control over someone 執掌大權;佔主導地位
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”