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whip

verb
 
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they whip
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he / she / it whips
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past simple whipped
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past participle whipped
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-ing form whipping
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Phrasal Verbs
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  1.  
    [transitive] whip somebody/something to hit a person or an animal hard with a whip, as a punishment or to make them go faster or work harder鞭打；鞭策；以鞭打责罚；鞭笞
    • He was taken back to the jail and soundly whipped.他被带回监狱，狠狠捱了一顿鞭子。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • soundly
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    [intransitive, transitive] to move, or make something move, quickly and suddenly or violently in a particular direction（使朝某一方向）猛然移动
    • + adv./prep. A branch whipped across the car window.一条树枝突然划过车窗。🔊🔊
    • Her hair whipped around her face in the wind.她的头发随风在脸际飘拂。🔊🔊
    • whip something The waves were being whipped by 50 mile an hour winds.时速 50 英里的大风卷起了波浪。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • At the sound of his name, he whipped round and glared at us.听到他名字的声音，他转过身，瞪着我们。
    • The wind whipped across the moors.风吹过了沼泽。
    • The wind whipped her hair around her face.风拂过她的脸。
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    [transitive] whip something + adv./prep. to remove or pull something quickly and suddenly（突然迅速地）除去，拉动，抽出
    • She whipped the mask off her face.她刷地一下子把脸上的面具摘掉了。🔊🔊
    • The man whipped out a knife.那个人突然抽出一把刀来。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • She whipped the letter away from him.她把信从他身上撕下来。
    • A gust of wind whipped off her hat.一阵风拂过她的帽子。
    • He whipped out a notebook and began scribbling furiously.他掏出笔记本，开始疯狂地涂鸦。
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    [transitive] to mix cream, etc. very quickly until it becomes stiff搅打（奶油等）
    • whip something Serve the pie with whipped cream.馅饼得配搅打奶油。🔊🔊
    • Lightly whip the egg whites and add them to the mixture.轻轻搅打蛋白，然后加到混合料中。
    • whip something up Whip the egg whites up into stiff peaks.把蛋白打得起稠尖儿。🔊🔊
    Topics Cooking and eatingc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • lightly
    • up
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  5. [transitive] whip somebody/something (North American English, informal) to defeat somebody very easily in a game（在比赛中）轻而易举地击败
    • The team whipped its opponents by 35 points.这个队以 35 分的优势轻松击败对手。🔊🔊
    • They whipped Australia 18–3 in the final game.他们在最后一场比赛中以18-3击败了澳大利亚。
    compare thrash
  6. [transitive] whip something (British English, informal) to steal something偷；盗窃

whip

noun
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  1. [countable] a long, thin piece of rope or leather, attached to a handle, used for hitting animals or people, to make them move, or move faster, or as a punishment鞭子
    • He cracked his whip and the horse leapt forward.他甩了个响鞭，马儿就奋蹄向前奔去。🔊🔊
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • riding
    • bull
    • horse
    • …
    verb + whip
    • crack
    • flick
    • hold
    • …
    whip + verb
    • crack
    • come down
    phrases
    • the crack of a whip
    See full entry
  2. [countable] an official in a political party who is responsible for making sure that the party's MPs attend and vote in important debates in a parliament党鞭（政党中负责督导党员参与重大问题辩论与投票的组织秘书）
    • the chief whip首席党鞭
    see also majority whipTopics Politicsc2
  3. [countable] (British English) a written instruction telling the MPs of a political party how to vote on a particular issue （政党发给党员的）投票通知书，投票指示see also three-line whip
  4. the whip
     [singular] (British English) the fact of being an MP belonging to a particular party, with the duties and rights associated with that偷；盗窃
    • He resigned the Tory whip and sat as an independent.他辞职了保守党鞭子，并作为一个独立人士坐下。
  5. [uncountable, countable] a sweet dish made from cream, eggs, sugar and fruit mixed together搅打奶油甜食（用奶油、鸡蛋、糖和水果搅打而成）
    6. Word OriginMiddle English: probably from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch wippen ‘swing, leap, dance’, from a Germanic base meaning ‘move quickly’. The noun is partly from the verb, reinforced by Middle Low German wippe ‘quick movement’.
Idioms
crack the whip
  1. to use your authority or power to make somebody work very hard, usually by treating them in a strict way压迫；役使
a fair crack of the whip
  1. (British English, informal) a reasonable opportunity to show that you can do something（做某事的）适当机会
    • I felt we weren't given a fair crack of the whip.我觉得我们没有得到适当的机会。🔊🔊
have/hold, etc. the whip hand (over somebody/something)
  1. to be in a position where you have power or control over somebody/something执掌大权；执鞭在手
    • She had the whip hand and it was useless to resist.她握着鞭子的手，抵抗毫无用处。