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shellacking

/shuh-lak-ing/US // ʃəˈlæk ɪŋ //UK // (ʃəˈlækɪŋ, ˈʃɛlækɪŋ) //

殴打,炮轰,炮击,炮击事件

Related Words

strike打击,击中,罢工,击中了 varnish清漆,漆面,油漆,漆 trounce困扰,陷入困境,烦恼,困境 defeat挫败,打败,失败,挫折

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Slang.
- : an utter defeat: a shellacking their team will remember.
- : a sound thrashing: His father gave him a shellacking for stealing the book.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Forms: shellackings

Synonyms

defeat挫败,打败,失败,挫折 strike打击,击中,罢工,击中了 trounce困扰,陷入困境,烦恼,困境 varnish清漆,漆面,油漆,漆

Antonyms

lose失去,损失,丧失,失去了

Examples

Hardly a shellacking, but it is an example of the way Arizona is trending after years of GOP dominance.
The result was a thorough shellacking of the Democratic party from top to bottom.
In 2010, when Democrats lost the House, Obama called it a “shellacking.”
For Paul, the shellacking is even worse, with Clinton beating him by 11 points overall and by 28 points with the kids.
Many politicians who had taken a shellacking would retreat to their home base and start rebuilding a career.
After 2010 shellacking, ‪Democrats belatedly embrace super PACs.
By repeated oiling and shellacking one produces a French polish that is very durable and elastic.
On no account finally connect up the battery to a circuit when shellacking the wire.
Some days should be allowed for the water to evaporate before shellacking.
Shellacking of covers has been advocated by some librarians, but it is doubtful if it pays.

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