beat 意味 & 読み方

日本語でのbeatの意味

• 0 to defeat someone in a competition -- （対戦相手）を打ち破る, （相手）に勝つ

  • Our team beat Germany 3–1.

• 1 When your heart beats, it makes regular movements and sounds. -- （心臓が）鼓動する, ドキドキする

  • By the time the doctor arrived, his heart had stopped beating.

• 2 to hit a person or animal repeatedly -- （何度も）～をたたく, なぐる

  • They saw him beating his dog with a stick.

• 3 to be better or more enjoyable than another activity or experience -- ～よりもよい, ～よりも楽しい

  • Taking the bus sure beats walking.

• 4 to hit against something hard, making a regular sound -- 激しく当たる, 打ちつける (against)

  • Rain beat against the windows.

• 5 something that you say when you do not understand a situation or someone’s behaviour -- さっぱり分からない

  • It beats me why she goes out with him.

• 6 a regular sound that is made by your heart or by something hitting a surface -- （心臓の）鼓動, 等間隔に物をたたく音

  • the beat of a drum

• 7 the main rhythm of a piece of music -- （音楽の）拍子, 拍

  • I like music with a strong beat.