drub
/druhb/US // drʌb //UK // (drʌb) //
擦伤,擦拭,擦擦,擦亮眼睛
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v.有主动词 verb
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drubbed, drub·bing.
- : to beat with a stick or the like; cudgel; flog; thrash.
- : to defeat decisively, as in a game or contest.
- : to drive as if by flogging: Latin grammar was drubbed into their heads.
- : to stamp.
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a blow with a stick or the like.
Synonyms & Antonyms
verbthrash
Forms: drubbed, drubbing
Examples
Jack, life is a great schoolmaster, but why does it take so long to drub any sense into these blockheads of ours?
In the midst of his reflections the drub of the muffled telephone beat its insistent tattoo.
On the other hand, we extend the meaning of drub, the Arabic word for bastinado, to a beating of any kind.
Also, to beat or drub a person, a sense known to Shakspeare as well as to seamen.
And as for the men, what could they think, when the preacher could drub any six of them?
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