beat是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to defeat or do better than -- 打败，战胜

  • Simon always beats me at tennis. 西蒙打网球总是赢我。

  • Holland beat Belgium (by) 3–1. 荷兰队3比1战胜比利时队。

  • The Miami Heat beat the Pacers 95-90/by five points. 迈阿密热火队以95比90五分的优势击败了印第安纳步行者队。

  • Our team was comfortably/easily/soundly beaten in the first round of the competition. 在第一轮比赛中我们队被对手轻松地／毫不费劲儿地／彻底打败了。

  • The Nationalists were narrowly beaten in the election. 国民党人在地方选举中以微弱劣势落败。

  • He beat me fair and square (= without cheating). 他光明磊落地击败了我。

  • They were beaten hands down (= completely) by their opponents. 他们被对手彻底打败了。

  • She has beaten her own record of three minutes ten seconds. 她打破了自己创造的3分10秒的纪录。

  • [ + -ing verb ] Taking the bus sure beats walking. 坐��共汽车当然比走路好。

  • slang Taking the bus beats the hell out of (= is much better than) walking all the way there. 坐公共汽车比一路走到那儿要好得多。

  • You can't beat (= there is nothing more enjoyable than) a cold beer on a hot afternoon. 在炎热的下午，没有什么比喝上一杯冰镇啤酒更爽的了。

  • Let's try to beat the traffic by leaving early in the morning. 我们争取早上早点出发以避免交通拥堵。

  • I always do my shopping early to beat the rush. 我总是很早就去购物以避开高峰时段。

  • I was just going to clean the kitchen, but you beat me to it. 我刚准备打扫厨房，你已经抢先做完了。

• 1 to hit repeatedly -- （接连地）打，击

  • They saw him beating his dog with a stick. 他们看见他用棍子打他的狗。

  • The child had been brutally/savagely beaten. 孩子遭到了毒打。

  • She was beaten to death. 她被活活打死了。

  • [ + obj + adj ] He was beaten senseless. 他被打昏了。

  • Beat the drum. 打起鼓来。

  • The rain was beating down incessantly on the tin roof. 雨点不断地打在锡皮屋顶上。

  • We beat a path through the undergrowth. 我们在矮树丛中开辟出一条路来。

• 2 to mix something repeatedly using a utensil such as a spoon or whisk -- （用如勺子或搅拌器等器具）搅打，搅拌

  • To make an omelette you first beat the eggs. 要做煎蛋饼，必须先把鸡蛋打匀。

• 3 to (cause to) make a regular movement or sound -- （使）跳动；拍打；敲打

  • The doctor could feel no pulse beating. 医生感觉不到脉搏的跳动。

  • Her heart started to beat faster. 她开始心跳加快。

  • The hummingbird beats its wings at great speed. 蜂鸟高速振动翅膀。

• 4 extremely tired -- （极度）疲劳，疲惫

  • I'm beat - I'm going to bed. 我很累，要去睡觉了。

  • You've been working too hard, you look dead beat. 你最近工作太辛苦了，看起来非常疲惫。

• 5 a regular movement or sound, especially that made by your heart -- （尤指心脏）连续的跳动（声）

  • I put my head on his chest but I could feel no heartbeat. 我把头贴近他的胸口，但感觉不到他的心跳。

  • My heart skipped a beat (= I felt very excited) when she said, "Yes, I'll marry you". 当她说出“是的，我愿意嫁给你”时，我激动得心跳顿了一下。

• 6 in music, a regular emphasis, or a place in the music where such an emphasis is expected -- （音乐的）节拍，拍子

  • The guitar comes in on the third beat. 吉他在第3拍加入。

  • Make sure you play on the beat. 表演一定要跟上节拍。

  • He tapped his foot to the beat (= rhythm) of the music. 他的脚随着音乐的节拍，轻轻打着拍子。

• 7 an area for which someone, such as a police officer, has responsibility as part of their job -- （巡警的）巡逻区域；工作区域

  • Bob has worked as an officer on this particular beat for 20 years. 鲍勃在这个区域已经当警官巡逻了20年。