whips

英 [wɪps]

美 [wɪps]

n.  鞭子; 纪律委员，组织秘书(在政党中负责确保党员出席政府重要辩论并表决); (政党发给党员的)投票通知书，投票指示
v.  鞭打; 鞭策; 以鞭打责罚; 鞭笞; (使朝某一方向)猛然移动; (突然迅速地)除去，拉动，抽出
whip的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• 鞭子
  Awhipis a long thin piece of material such as leather or rope, fastened to a stiff handle. It is used for hitting people or animals.
• VERB 鞭打(人或动物)
  If someonewhipsa person or animal, they beat them or hit them with a whip or something like a whip.
  1. Eyewitnesses claimed Mr Melton whipped the horse up to 16 times...
     目击证人称梅尔顿先生抽打了这匹马16鞭之多。
  2. He was whipped with a studded belt.
     他被用带有饰钉的皮带抽打。
• VERB (风等)猛烈地抽打
  If something, for example the wind,whipssomething, it strikes it sharply.
  1. A terrible wind whipped our faces...
     狂风抽打着我们的脸。
  2. A branch whipped her across the cheek.
     一根树枝抽打到了她的脸颊。
• VERB (在外力作用下)猛然移动
  If something flexiblewhipsin a particular way, it moves sharply when it is affected by a force, for example by the wind.
  1. Blond strands of hair whipped in the wind.
     缕缕金发在风中飘扬。
• VERB 快速移开;快速拿走
  If someonewhipssomething out orwhipsit off, they take it out or take it off very quickly and suddenly.
  1. Bob whipped out his notebook...
     鲍勃迅速掏出他的笔记本。
  2. Players were whipping their shirts off...
     运动员们在飞快地脱衬衫。
  3. My waitress whipped the plate away and put down my bill.
     我的服务员麻利地撤走盘子并搁下我的账单。
• VERB 迅速地移动
  If something or someonewhipssomewhere, they move there or go there very quickly.
  1. The wind out here is whipping along at about 30 miles an hour...
     在这里，大风以每小时大约30英里的速度刮着。
  2. I whipped into a parking space.
     我迅速地驶入一个停车位。
• VERB 搅打(奶油或鸡蛋等)
  When youwhipsomething liquid such as cream or an egg, you stir it very fast until it is thick or stiff.
  1. Whip the cream until thick...
     搅打奶油直到它变黏稠。
  2. Whip the eggs, oils and honey together.
     把鸡蛋、油和蜂蜜搅打在一起。
  3. ...strawberries and whipped cream.
     草莓和掼奶油
• VERB (故意)激起(情绪)
  If youwhippeopleintoan emotional state, you deliberately cause and encourage them to be in that state.
  1. He could whip a crowd into hysteria...
     他能让一群人变得歇斯底里。
  2. Politicians and businessmen have whipped themselves into a panic.
     政治家和商人们把他们自己弄得十分恐慌。
• See also:three-line whip
• PHRASE 控制权;主导地位
  If you havethe whip hand, you have power over someone else in a particular situation.
  1. These days the shopper has the whip hand, and will not buy if stores fail to lower their prices.
     如今购物者占主导地位，如果商店不降价，他们是不会买的。
• a fair crack of the whip→ see:crack

双语例句

• They snatched up whips and lashed the backs of those who had fallen.
  他们抓起鞭子，朝跌倒的人背上抽去。
• For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
  我父亲使你们负重轭，我必使你们负更重的轭。我父亲用鞭子责打你们，我要用蝎子鞭责打你们。
• Who saw their fathers being lashed with whips before their eyes;
  亲眼看着自己的父亲被皮鞭抽打；
• A person who whips himself as a religious penance.
  鞭打自己来作为宗教上的忏悔的人。
• His passion flayed him like whips.
  他的七情六欲象鞭子似地抽打着他。
• My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.
  我父亲用鞭子责打你们，我要用蝎子鞭责打你们。
• My father used to chastise my brothers with whips.
  父亲过去常以鞭打惩罚我的兄弟。
• The whips began to crack over their heads.
  鞭子开始在他们头上噼啪作响。
• The other guy whips out his cell phone and calls the emergency services.
  另一个男人大声向电话中的急救中心喊话。
• In those days, he whips much younger faces, full of energy, the wife of depression disappeared.
  那段日子，他一下子年轻了许多，满面红光，精神抖擞，丧妻的抑郁一扫而光。