詞彙精選：thrash的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
n.
拍打；打水，踢水動作
打穀
[航]逆行，逆風浪行進
v.
使逆行 [T]
例句：
The ship thrashed to windward.
船頂風破浪行進。
打穀，脫粒 [I,T]
例句：
The gale made the branches of the trees thrash against the windows.
大風吹得樹枝猛擊窗戶。
例句：
I'm afraid you have to thrash out that question among yourselves.
我看那個問題還得由你們自己協商解決。
徒勞地努力，白忙 [I]
例句：
They thrashed the matter without reaching a conclusion.
他們對這件事進行了反覆研討還沒得出結論。
猛烈擺動；拍打 [I]
例句：
The swordfish, when wounded, jump out of the water and thrash about.
劍魚受傷後，會跳出水面,身子不斷擺動。
例句：
Jimmy collapsed on the floor, thrashing his legs about like an injured racehorse.
吉米癱倒在地板上，像匹受傷的賽馬一樣拼命踢蹬着雙腿。
痛打，責打 [T]
例句：
He threatened to thrash the life out of me.
他恐嚇說要打死我。
例句：
Of course it is out of the question that Johnson should thrash Wolf Larsen.
約翰森當然不會痛打海狼賴生的。
徹底打敗 [T]
例句：
Second-placed Rangers thrashed St Johnstone 5-nil.
排名第二的流浪者隊以 5： 0 大勝聖約翰斯通隊。
例句：
Our team was thrashed eighteen-nil.
我們隊以0比18慘敗。
二、詞義辨析：
beat,strike,hit,thrash,whip
這些動詞均含有“打”之意。beat普通用詞，含義廣泛，指連續打擊。遊戲、競賽或戰爭中作打敗解。strike普通用詞，多指急速或突然一次猛擊。hit普通用詞，常與strike換用，側重有目標的猛擊，強調用力擊中。thrash側重指用棍子或鞭子等痛打。whip多指用鞭子抽打。
三、相關短語：
thrash out
v. 研究解決
四、參考例句：
She would never thrash her children.
她絕不會鞭打她的孩子。
Farmers used to thrash their wheat by hand.
農民過去用手打麥脫粒。
He threatened to thrash the life out of me.
他恐嚇說要打死我。
If he refused to speak out the truth, thrash it out.
他若拒絕講出實情，就打字實情。
Of course it is out of the question that Johnson should thrash Wolf Larsen.
約翰森當然不會痛打海狼賴生的。
We have got a very urgent priorities problem to thrash out.
我們有一個很緊迫的優先權問題得要解決。
The gale made the branches of the trees thrash against the windows.
大風吹得樹枝猛擊窗戶。
I'm afraid you have to thrash out that question among yourselves.
我看那個問題還得由你們自己協商解決。
The swordfish, when wounded, jump out of the water and thrash about.
劍魚受傷後，會跳出水面,身子不斷擺動。
