单词 | lick |
释义 | lick /lik; lik/ vt, vi 1 [VP6A, 15A, B, 22] pass the tongue over or under: 釈: The cat was ~ing its paws. 猫在舐爪。 He ~ed the spoon clean. 他将那调羹舐干净了。 ~sb's boots, cringe before sb; be abject, servile. 在某人面前卑躬屈膝; 拍人马屁。 ~ one's lips, show eagerness or satisfaction. 表示垂涎或满足。 ~ one's wounds, try to recover after a defeat. 失败后求复元; 重整旗鼓。 ~ sth off, remove by ~ing: 新掉某物: The boy ~ed the jam off his lips. 那男孩注掉他唇上的果酱。 ~ sth up, take it up by ~ing: 舐义: The cat ~ed up the milk. 那缩舐光了牛奶。 ~ into shape, (fig) make presentable, efficient, properly trained: (喻)使像样; 整顿: The recruits were soon ~ed into shape by the drill sergeants. 新兵不久便被敎育班长训练得像样了。 ~ the dust, (rhet) fall to the ground, defeated or killed. (修辞)被击倒; 被打败; 被杀死。 2 [VP6A] (esp of waves, flames) touch lightly: (尤指波浪和火焰)冲洗; 卷烧: The flames ~ed the sides of the fireplace. 火焰卷烧届忆边。 3 [VP6A] (colloq) overcome; triumph over; give a whipping to: (俗)克服; 征服; 打击: Well, that ~s everything! That is more surprising than anything I've ever seen or heard! 嗯,那真是闻所未闻、见所未见的事! 4 [VP2A] (sl) go; hurry: (俚)走; 匆忙: He went off as hard as he could ~. 他飞快地跑走了。 n 1 act of ~ing with the tongue. 舐。 give sth a ~ and a promise, a feeble attempt to clean, polish, etc (with a promise of sth more thorough later). 马马虎虎地洗擦某物(准备以后再好好洗学)。 2 (also 亦作 'salt—) place to which animals go for salt. 动物舐 ULM- 3 (sl) at a great ~; at full ~, at a great pace. (俚)店速地; 急忙。 ~ing n (colloq) beating; defeat: (U)打败; 击败: Our football team got a ~ing yesterday. . 我们. 的足球队昨天败了。 |
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