| 单词 | spanking |
| 释义 | spank·ing1 /ˈspæŋkɪŋ/ noun [countable, uncountable] the act of hitting a child on their bottom with your open hand, as a punishment 打屁股〔对小孩的惩罚〕 If you don’t stop that noise, you’ll get a spanking! 如果你再弄出那种响声，就要打你屁股了！Examples from the Corpusspanking• But you wouldn't call that a spanking.• Parents typically use threats and spankings when they feel powerless and angry.• Bondage, beating, whipping and spanking.• When they misbehave, we resort to various sanctions, including old-fashioned spanking at times.• Still, I was willing to risk spankings for a taste of what I thought was out there.get ... spanking• If you do that again, you're going to get a spanking!spanking2 adverb informal 1 spanking new informal VERYvery new and impressive 崭新的，簇新的 a spanking new shopping centre 一家簇新的购物中心2. spanking clean informal very clean 非常干净spanking3 adjective British English at a spanking pace/rate old-fashionedFAST/QUICK very fast 快速地 They started walking at a spanking rate. 他们开始疾走。Examples from the Corpusspanking• There is a plan to clear the site to make way for a spanking new conference centre.• That he was wearing a spanking new snap-brimmed fedora.• In the distance, ponies in long-shafted light chariots trotted at a spanking pace, the wheels spinning around.• Jules, entering into the charioteer spirit, drove standing up and the mare went along at a spanking trot.• Along a side street there prowled, one recent morning, a spanking white Rolls-Royce.Origin spanking1 (1800-1900) spank spanking2 (1600-1700) Perhaps from a Scandinavian languagespank·ing1 nounspanking2 adverbspanking3 adjectiveChineseSyllable a Corpus on hitting of act the child |
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