lash
名词 n.
动词 v.
形容词 adj.
英 /læʃ/
美 /læʃ/
英文释义
名词 n.
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The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
— I observed that your whip wanted a lash to it.
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Looseness between fitted parts, either intentional (as allowance) or unintentional (from error or wear).
— setting the proper valve lash for solid lifters
- A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.
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A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough, often given as a punishment.
— The culprit received thirty-nine lashes.
- A quick and violent sweeping movement, as of an animal's tail; a swish.
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A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
— The moral is a lash at the vanity of arrogating that to ourselves which succeeds well.
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A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
— But Richmond, his grandfather's darling, after one thoughtful glance cast under his lashes at that uncompromising countenance appeared to lose himself in his own reflections.
- In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
- Flowering plants of genus Blepharis.
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An attempt; a go at something.
— I'll have a lash.
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A quantity, a great number or amount (e.g. of rain or milk).
— the Ayrshire cow gives a lash of milk on comparatively bare pasture
动词 v.
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To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
— We lash the pupil, and defraud the ward
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To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.
— to lash something to a spar
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To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.
— Heavy seas lashed the shore.
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To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
— He falls, and lashing up his heels, his rider throws.
- To scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity.
- To ply the whip; to strike.
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To strike vigorously; to let fly.
— In the final minute of six added on, Colombia would undo their good work, though, Pérez fumbling the ball allowing Hemp to lash into the empty net.
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To utter censure or sarcastic language.
— To laugh at follies, or to lash at vice.
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To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down.
— With rain lashing across the ground at kick-off and every man in Auckland seemingly either English-born or supporting Scotland, Eden Park was transformed into Murrayfield in March.
- Used in phrasal verbs: lash back, lash out.
形容词 adj.
- Remiss, lax.
- Relaxed.
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Soft, watery, wet.
— Fruits being unwholesome and lash before the fourth or fifth Yeare.
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Excellent, wonderful.
— We’re off school tomorrow, it’s gonna be lash!
- Drunk.
词汇关系
词源
词源 1
From Middle English lashe, lasshe, lasche (“a stroke; the flexible end of a whip”), from Proto-Germanic *laskô (“flap of fabric, strap”).
Cognate with Dutch lasch, las (“a piece; seal; joint; notch; seam”), German Low German Laske, Lask (“a flap; dag; strap”), German Lasche (“a flap; joint; strap; tongue; scarf”), Swedish lask (“scarf”), Icelandic laski (“the bottom part of a glove”).
Cognate with Dutch lasch, las (“a piece; seal; joint; notch; seam”), German Low German Laske, Lask (“a flap; dag; strap”), German Lasche (“a flap; joint; strap; tongue; scarf”), Swedish lask (“scarf”), Icelandic laski (“the bottom part of a glove”).
词源 2
From Middle French lachier, from Old French lacier (“to lace”).
词源 3
From Old French lasche (French lâche).
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