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batter ☞batterv. [′bætǝ] (batters; battered; battering)
双解释义 1. vt. & vi.连续猛击;殴打 hit sb/sth hard many times, especially in a way that causes serious damage2. 毁损;打坏,打烂 damage, break, or cause to lose shape by continual hard use or beating基本要点 1. batter的基本意思是“连续猛击;持续打击;冲击;撞击”,指猛烈打击使人或物严重受伤、变形或毁坏,表示严重毁损外形但不失去肢体或组成部分,常译作“捣毁”“砸烂”“重创”等。可用作及物动词或不及物动词。2. batter还可表示因不加爱惜而“磨损”或“用坏”,是及物动词,常用于被动结构。3. batter还可作“使遭受猛烈攻击或批评”解,其宾语一般为某人、某观点或某理论,是及物动词。4. batter用作及物动词时后接副词down表示“不断打击某物使之倒下”,后接介词to表示“经常猛力打击使某物变成…状”;用作不及物动词时后接介词against或at表示“连续猛击某人〔物〕”。词汇搭配 ~+名词 ~ apartment houses 冲击公寓大楼 ~ one's children 殴打自己的孩子 ~ the baby 虐待婴儿~+副词 ~ down 冲垮,摧毁 ~ up 毁坏~+副词+介词 ~ away at 接连不断地砸~+介词 ~ against 不停地撞击 ~ sth to pieces 把某物打成碎片 ~ sth with stones 用石头砸句型例句 用作不及物动词 ▲ S+~(+A) Flies battered against the windowpanes. 苍蝇在窗户的玻璃上碰撞。 High winds battered against the windowpanes. 大风不停地狂吹在窗玻璃上。 The rain battered against the windows. 雨点重重地打在窗户上。 Waves battered against the pier. 波浪冲打着桥墩。 The police battered at the door. 警察猛烈地敲门。 She battered at the door with her fists. 她用双拳不断地擂门。用作及物动词 ▲ S+~+n./pron. A man battered his girlfriend, and she called the police. 一个男人殴打他的女朋友,她打电话报了警。 No one seemed to realize that the child's stepfather had been battering her for years. 似乎没人知道那孩子的继父多年来常打她。 Such parents have been known to batter their children. 众所周知,这样的父母曾毒打过他们的孩子。 He was battering the door with his fists and howling. 他一边用拳头猛敲门一边大声吼叫。 Huge waves battered the little ship. 巨浪不断地重重拍打这艘小船。 The waves battered the rocks at the bottom of the cliff. 海浪不断地拍打崖底的岩石。 Severe winds have been battering the north coast. 狂风一直在北海岸肆虐。 The winds battered the trees. 大风袭击着树木。 The falling rocks battered the roof of the house. 下落的石头把房顶砸烂了。 Tornadoes battered the area, but the hospital was spared. 龙卷风摧毁了该地区,医院则幸免于难。 Rough roads had battered the car. 崎岖不平的道路颠坏了汽车。◇ 用于be ~ed结构 The boat was battered against the rock by heavy surf. 小船被巨浪撞击到岩石上。 He had been badly battered about the head and face. 他被打得鼻青脸肿。 The ship was being battered by the waves. 船正受到海浪的撞击。 The team's confidence was battered beyond recognition by the 52—10 defeat. 以10比52的比分失利使球队的信心遭到令人难以置信的打击。 The books were old and battered. 这些书又旧又破。 The raincoat and the hat were now battered by weather out of their former gloss. 雨衣和帽子因风吹雨打,现已破破烂烂,失去了原有的光泽。常用短语 ♣ batter about (v.+adv.) 粗暴地对待 treat sb or sth roughly▲ batter sb/sth ⇔ about The man was put in prison for battering his wife about. 那人因毒打妻子而被投入监狱。◇ 用于be ~ed结构 The car must have been battered about in the race. 这辆车在比赛中一定被人粗手粗脚地使用过。 ♣ batter away (v.+adv.) 接连不断地打〔砸〕 beat hard and repeatedly ▲ batter away at sth He battered away at the door for admittance. 他不停地使劲捶打门, 想进去。 He kept battering away at the door. 他接连不断地砸门。 ♣ batter down (v.+adv.) 捣毁;砸烂 flatten sth by hitting it repeatedly; break a door or gate in order to get through it; break down▲ batter sth ⇔ down Let's batter the door down. 我们把门撞开吧。 Police battered down the door of the thieves' hide-out. 警察撞开了贼窟的门。 The burglars had battered down the door of the house. 夜盗把房门撞开了。 The fireman battered the door down with a heavy axe. 消防队员用大斧把门砸开。 The police battered the door down and saved the children from the burning building. 警察破门而入,从正在燃烧着的建筑物中救出了孩子们。 ♣ batter through (v.+adv.) 击破 beat through▲ batter sth ⇔ through They batter through the floorboards somehow. 不知怎的,他们把地板都打穿了。 ♣ batter to (v.+prep.) 把…打成… cause sth to be a specified shape by hitting it hard and often ▲ batter sb/sth to sth Somebody had battered her to death. 有人把她打死了。 The court heard that he had battered his wife to death. 法庭审理了他将妻子毒打至死的案件。 The heavy waves battered the ship to pieces. 巨浪把船打得粉碎。◇ 用于be ~ed结构 The ship was battered to pieces by the storm. 船被暴风雨摧毁了。 ♣ batter up (v.+adv.) 〈美〉毁坏,摧毁 damage;destroy▲ batter sth ⇔ up He battered up his racing bicycle in the race. 他在自行车赛中把赛车撞坏了。学习参考 batter 也可用作名词,意思是“(用鸡蛋、牛奶等调制的)面糊”。例如: She fried the chicken in a flour and egg batter. 她炸了裹着鸡蛋面糊的鸡肉。 |