(often in compounds 常构成复合词 a tool used for beating things 拍打器；搅拌器 a carpet beater 地毯拍子 an egg beater 打蛋器
a person employed to drive birds and animals out of bushes, etc., into the open, so they can be shot for sport 驱猎物者（受雇将鸟兽从树丛中赶到开阔地供人射猎） - -beater
(in compounds 构成复合词 a person who hits someone 打…的人 a wife-beater 殴打妻子的人
- (North American English) (British English banger)(informal)
an old car that is in bad condition 破旧的汽车 see also world-beater