batter

1. V-T To batter someone means to hit them many times, using fists or a heavy object. 连续猛击 (某人)

The passengers were battered by flying luggage and cargo as the cabin lost pressure. 当机舱失去压力时，乘客们受到飞落的行李和货物连续猛击。

A karate expert battered a man to death. 一位空手道高手将一名男子猛击致死。

2. batteredADJ 遭殴打的

Her battered body was discovered in a field. 她被殴打过的尸体在一块地里被发现了。

3. V-T If someone is battered, they are regularly hit and badly hurt by a member of their family or by their partner. 虐待

...evidence that the child was being battered. …这个孩子正遭虐待的证据。

...boys who witness fathers battering their mothers. …亲眼目睹父亲虐待他们母亲的男孩们。

4. batteringN-UNCOUNT 虐待

Leaving the relationship does not mean that the battering will stop. 脱离了这种关系并不意味着虐待会停止。

5. V-T If a place is battered by wind, rain, or storms, it is seriously damaged or affected by very bad weather. (风、雨或风暴等的) 袭击[usu passive]

The country has been battered by winds of between fifty and seventy miles an hour. 这个国家一直受到时速50至70英里大风的袭击。

6. V-T If you batter something, you hit it many times, using your fists or a heavy object. 连续猛击

They were battering the door, they were trying to break in. 他们连续击门，试图破门而入。

7. N-VAR Batter is a mixture of flour, eggs, and milk that is used in cooking. (面粉、蛋和牛奶混合成的) 糊

...pancake batter. …做薄煎饼的面糊。

8. N-COUNT In sports such as baseball and softball, a batter is a person who hits the ball with a wooden bat. 击球员

...batters and pitchers. …击球员和投球手们。

9. N the slope of the face of a wall that recedes gradually backwards and upwards (墙面的)斜坡

10. V to have such a slope 形成坡度

11. N a spree or debauch 狂欢或放荡

12. →see also battered , battering