The team has taken a few beatings this season.本赛季该队已经几次严重受挫。🔊🔊
[uncountable]a series of regular hits to something such as a drum, or movements of something, such as your heart; the sound that this makes有规律的敲打（声）；有节奏的运动（声）
He could hear the beating of his own heart.他听得到自己的心跳。🔊🔊
the beating of drums/wings敲鼓声；翅膀的拍打声
Idioms
take some beating
(British English)to be difficult to do better than or be better than难以超越
As a place to live, Oxford takes some beating.就居住环境而论，牛津市是个难得的好地方。🔊🔊