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verb pʌn(t)ʃpən(t)ʃ [with object]1Strike with the fist. （用拳）猛击 he punched her in the face and ran off 他朝她的面部猛击一拳后逃走。 Example sentencesExamples - She didn't expect him to suddenly strike out and punch her in the gut with his hand wrapped around Norianna's hilt.
- The men assaulted the guards, knocking the male to the floor and kicking and punching him while pointing a gun at him.
- Another man, in a Mercedes coupe, was punched and kicked as he grappled with carjackers who struck at Dudley Hill in the city.
- The officers were also accused of pulling her hair, punching her arms and kicking her in front of her daughter after separating them.
- In another attack, he said a 14-year-old girl needed hospital treatment after being punched and kicked to the floor by a gang of seven boys.
- The man ended up in a ball on the ground while he was kicked and punched by several youths, said Mrs Walsh.
- A Yorkshireman who fought off a great white shark by kicking and punching it and pulling his leg out of its mouth is likely to make a full recovery, doctors said yesterday.
- They were kicking and punching me - I'm not sure how many times.
- He was attacked by youths from the group who pulled him to the ground before punching him, kicking him and hitting him with a ‘For Sale’ sign.
- She climbed in the kitchen window and saw him with a knife, the court heard, and believing she was at risk kicked and punched him to the floor.
- The incident took place on the night of January 4 when the glass window was smashed, allegedly by Cole punching it with his fist.
- Adam curled up into a ball and wept as they punched him, kicked him, stamped on him.
- To score, you kick or punch the ball over the bar for one point or in the net for three points. search news
- I see more and more pictures of police kicking and punching protesters who are clearly not throwing anything and seemingly doing nothing.
- ‘They were kicking and punching men and women indiscriminately,’ a photographer said.
- For the moment, however, the police can only say that a man has been charged with repeatedly kicking and punching a child and that six members of the public volunteered statements.
- On the lower tier of the stand we had Italian fans waving sticks at the local police, punching them, kicking them and lobbing flares before being battered into submission.
- I kicked and punched it until I collapsed on the floor in drooling, sniffling, bawling heap of tears.
- Unflinching Verna caught the drow's arm in a hand and twisted it violently, striking out to punch her opponent beneath the chin.
- The Commanding Officer reacted by punching the prisoner and kicking him and finally sending him back to the cells without medical treatment.
Synonyms hit, strike, knock, thump, thwack, jab, cuff, clip, smash, slam, welt batter, buffet, thrash, pound, pummel, rain blows on, drub, box someone's ears informal sock, slug, biff, bop, wallop, clobber, bash, whack, clout, crown, poke, lick, let someone have it, knock into the middle of next week, lam, whomp, deck, floor British informal stick one on, dot, slosh North American informal boff, bust, whale Australian/New Zealand informal dong, quilt, king-hit literary smite, swinge 2Press (a button or key on a machine) 按（机器按钮，按键） I punched the button to summon the lift Example sentencesExamples - He reached over and punched a unmarked button on the side of the machine that could only be described as a doorframe.
- She punched a button on her desk and turned back to Sam.
- He swung the machine aside and punched a few buttons on a control panel, hoisting the machine up to the left side of the ceiling.
- She sighed quietly and stepped into the lift, punching the button.
- His hand hovered over the phone before he lifted it and punched the buttons.
- He conceded he was possibly better off not knowing and punched the button outside the lift a fraction of a second before the doors closed.
- Wolfen shouted at him and practically punched the button on the elevator.
- They reached the elevators and Jim laughed as he punched the button.
- Dean Potter punches a button on a plastic wristwatch looped around his climbing harness.
- Striding through the lobby with not so much as a glance at the other occupants, the man closed his umbrella and punched a button on the elevator.
- He punched a few buttons on his keyboard and proceeded to interrogate me.
- The district police can punch one button to get to the appropriate emergency responder.
- I punched the button again, pressing my finger against the stupid button until the area around my nail was white with pressure.
- The NASA guys look all worried and they're punching a million buttons and making phone calls.
- As she punched the elevator button and waited for the lift to the third floor, her other hand touched the pocket of her white tweed coat.
- About ten minutes in, the first programmer, Richard Head, started furiously punching his buttons.
- He punched the button to call the elevator to his floor.
- She punched the button beneath it and a small pump began venting the room's air through a duct leading to the exterior of the ship.
- Justy punched a button beside the lift and they heard a light hum as the carriage descended to their level.
- She punched the button for the elevator, fuming the entire time.
- 2.1punch something in/into Enter information by punching a button or key on a machine.
he crossed to the VDU on his other desk and punched in a series of numbers Example sentencesExamples - They'll simultaneously punch random buttons in separate elevators at the Waldorf, and if they emerge on the same floor, it'll be kismet.
- Alma was sitting on the bed punching buttons into the remote.
- As one Music TV director put it, editors were ‘just punching images into the [editing] machines, to see how fast we could get them to go.’
- You only have to punch the information into a drum machine once.
- So I dutifully began the process of double check for permit/ticket before punching details into my rinky dinky little hand held computer prior to handing out parking ticket.
- I mumbled something equally articulate in response and then we sort of walked to the desk together to punch our numbers in.
- With that, he climbs into his Forester and starts punching numbers into the dash-mounted cell phone.
- ‘That should do it,’ said Suzanne, punching the last button in a final sort of way.
- After completing the pilot phase, I entered the airborne-tactical officer phase, where I spent most of my days in a simulator, punching buttons in tactical scenarios.
- ‘Someone has tripped the motion sensor alarm at Bonham Estate,’ they informed him as he punched a few commands into the computer.
- They did this by punching birthdates into their computer and seeing which single women's names came up.
- With practiced ease, she punched the right button in the maze of buttons, levers, switches, and dials.
- As well, many transactions such as banking that used to require fronting up to a real person can now be done by punching numbers into a machine.
- But then the woman suddenly dropped him and turned back to the elevator, taking her anger out on the buttons as she punched the code in fiercely.
- She seemed satisfied as he pulled his PDA out and expertly punched her information in.
- The handlers who are stationed near the dispensing unit receive the cash and punch the amount into the battery-powered machine which prints out the bill.
- At the beginning of the conflict, target coordinates for bombs were punched in manually.
- Quickly, he punched the numbers into the machine and then waited for an answer.
- He phoned elderly Americans and persuaded them to reveal their numbers and then he punched them into a handy machine in his home, which printed the new card.
- If the card is not working don't keep punching your number in, report it to the bank or ring the police.
3North American Drive (cattle) by prodding them with a stick. 〈北美〉（用刺棒）赶（牲口）
noun pʌn(t)ʃpən(t)ʃ 1A blow with the fist. （用拳）猛击 he reeled under the well-aimed punch Example sentencesExamples - He never even saw the punch coming, the blow sending him sprawling to the ground.
- He said the blows, kicks and punches continued even when he cowered on the floor with his hands protecting his head.
- A woman staying on the same corridor heard loud punches and likened the blows to those sometimes heard in TV programmes.
- Such blows still felt like punches from a circus strong man no matter how much shielding they invented for us.
- They ram into the wall, exchanging body blows and punches as they scuffle.
- As the camp counselor, you can help children recognize how words can hurt as much as a tumble or a well-aimed punch.
- I landed a well-aimed punch at her probably already broken nose.
- Without warning, Jason stepped forward, and threw out a punch; his fist connecting with Josh's cheek.
- We rolled across the pavement of the bridge, exchanging blows and punches while the others fought the mafia.
- The pair moved innocently about the ring for much of the opening two minutes with their punches sending loud smacks all over the empty arena.
- For months the Northwich teenager practised high kicks, punches and devastating blows to destroy blocks of wood.
- But domestic violence doesn't always manifest itself in punches and blows.
- ‘Impact upon his body’ can mean an auto accident, a fall, a punch, a blow, or a gunshot.
- She deflected his blow and aimed a punch at his abdomen.
- Noah was back on his feet and agilely evaded the next punch while slamming his own fist into the man's stomach.
- Before Christian's father and uncle could react, he charged, knocking the pair aside with well-aimed punches.
- They exchanged punches, blows, blocks, and kicks, one after another, so fast that I could hardly follow.
- A well-aimed punch sucks all the air out of my lungs and I fall gasping.
- Brant drew back his fist and landed a punch squarely on the right-side of his face.
- But then Mallory tried to punch him, but speed, still turned back to her, caught her punch with his fist.
Synonyms blow, hit, knock, thump, thwack, box, jab, fist, cuff, clip, smash, slam, welt, straight, uppercut, hook, body blow informal sock, slug, biff, bop, wallop, bash, whack, clout, poke, lick, belt North American informal boff, bust, whale Australian/New Zealand informal dong, king-hit, stoush dated buffet archaic plug - 1.1informal mass noun The strength needed to deliver a blow.
〈非正式〉（出拳打击时所需要的）力量 he has the punch to knock out anyone in his division 他有力量击败他所在级别里的任何选手。 Example sentencesExamples - Just when both sides appeared to be settling for a point Nish delivered the killer punch when he popped up at the back post to convert Hamilton's miss-hit shot.
- 1.2informal in singular The power to impress or attract attention; impact.
〈非正式〉吸引（或惊人）之力 photos give their arguments an extra visual punch 照片给他们的论证增添了额外的直观说服力。 Example sentencesExamples - Each slogan landed with the force of a punch and won cheers from a largely conservative crowd of South Dakotan students.
- This led her to wonder whether fluorescent feathers had more visual punch and were more attractive to potential mates than dimmer feathers.
- Plus short sentences have more punch and more impact.
- The film that is funny and serious at the same time, packs an extra punch with a special appearance by Kamal Hasan in his ‘Sandiyar’ avatar.
- Both music tracks are outstanding, with only the boost of the amplifier giving it an extra punch.
- Their breakthrough song undoubtedly rocks the venue, with the power punch of a stand-out track.
- The current crop of adverts simply don't grab the attention and lack punch, said Brahm's creative director, Mike Black.
- Critics raved about the power and sledgehammer punch of the book.
- A caffeinated punch adds to its powers of rejuvenation.
- This week's reader offer from the bookstore carries an extra punch.
- It gets at an emotional and political truth about the Holocaust, with a power and punch that a realist film could never have managed.
- It follows too closely in the footsteps of films like Full Metal Jacket and Three Kings, but lacks similar power and punch.
- Hatton's body work is impressive but the right hook from Magee is the dominant punch.
- It demonstrates that this tiny work can take such magnification and still pack a visual punch.
- Change of scale and a riot of color gave this collage an extraordinary punch and visual appeal.
- The full force of his indomitable logic hits you like a power punch!
- This makes the book a one-two punch of the visual combined with his autobiographical poetry.
- The plot may have been plundered on countless occasions by playwrights, film-makers and novelists, but nevertheless its emotional impact still packs a powerful punch.
- That was more like it - punch, panache and power.
- Unsurprisingly, they are promising a spectacle to cater for the fans who like their touchdowns to come with an extra punch.
Synonyms vigour, vigorousness, liveliness, vivacity, vitality, force, forcefulness, drive, strength, zest, animation, verve, panache, enthusiasm, impact, bite, kick, effectiveness, influence informal oomph, pizzazz, zing, zip
Phrasesbeat someone to the punch informal Anticipate or forestall someone's actions. 〈非正式〉先人一招，先发制人 he was driven on by the fear that someone might beat him to the punch in documenting the movement Example sentencesExamples - They may also be haunted by the fear that someone else will be thinking along similar lines and may beat them to the punch.
- Elliot's high school prom has him missing the chance to dance with the girl with the broken leg; he is beaten to the punch by a more courageous guy.
- We beat Ron to the punch and tell the others before we tell him.
- Should we really believe that David floated this story without further confirmation because he was concerned that John might beat him to the punch?
- You get a story and you want to go with it before somebody else beats you to the punch, so sometimes it doesn't get checked as thoroughly.
- He beat me to the punch by a full half-hour - and I work with the attorney for one of the parties!
- Olivia was a contender, but my brother and sister-in-law beat me to the punch.
- I am about to share this theory with Byatt, but she beats me to the punch, with yet another theory of her own.
- In case they hadn't noticed, Ordnance Survey beat them to the punch.
- But once more a Midway forward beat him to the punch.
informal Engage in an activity or contest perceived as being beyond one's abilities. 〈非正式〉勉为其难 there is something about the British that makes them punch above their weight in a number of entertainment industries Example sentencesExamples - The feeling is that universities are already punching above their weight in terms of research and number of spin-out companies per research grant.
- Although, like the Irish, we've always punched above our weight in the ranks of global pop culture, we've tended to be ambivalent about the results.
- An ally of the French, Germany is against giving ground on voting rights which could allow smaller nations to punch above their weight on key decisions.
- Christie's realism got him into trouble with some supporters whose expectations have grown quicker than the club when he insisted that last season Inverness had again been punching above their weight.
- We were well below that 5.4 million figure last season and we are still down in 18th or 19th place and that clearly shows how we have massively punched above our weight with thin resources.
- If the Scottish underdogs are to punch above their weight against a bigger, and better equipped, play-off opponent, they will have to do better than they did against England four years ago.
- However, Straka denies suggestions that his team are punching above their weight in Europe, arguing instead that their current domestic standing does not do them justice.
- We might be able to give UK small businesses a huge opportunity in Europe for punching above their weight.
- Burley has said Ipswich can become the next Leicester, a modestly-sized but shrewdly - run club consistently punching above their weight.
- Barely a handful of his films have even turned a profit, but the 42-year-old smoothie still punches above his weight in cinema, politics and public affairs.
1(of an employee) clock in or out. 〈北美〉（雇员）打卡记录上（或下）班时间 Example sentencesExamples - Generally speaking, workers didn't start punching the clock because they were forced to but because they wanted to.
- When I first met her, she was punching the clock as a foreman welder at a North Vancouver metal shop.
- So not only will vacationing workers receive their normal day's pay, but those who are compelled to punch the clock on Friday will receive a little extra cash for their trouble.
- He denied the charges, pointing out that he had spoken to his supervisor and punched the time clock.
- The police and fire unions promised Saidel their members would continue punching the clock.
- That way, when it's time to punch the clock, you'll be ready to indulge in these other ‘me time’ tips.
- They wax rhapsodic about the pleasure of no longer having to commute or punch the time clock.
- So it's not like, punch the clock and let me out of my cubicle/prison?
- Be ready to work, in every respect, before you punch the time clock.
- I've punched the clock from 9-5 for twenty-five years for the corporation.
- 1.1Be employed in a conventional job with regular hours.
受雇于时间固定的常规工种 he punches the clock from nine to five and is happy with his job Example sentencesExamples - At least McGillivary and Barnes punched the clock for a couple of years.
- Perhaps that's because 50 percent of workers today expect to continue punching the clock after ‘retirement,’ whereas just 22 percent of today's retirees still have some sort of gig.
- But finally, I got away from punching the clock.
- My work schedule is very elastic; I don't have to go to meetings, I don't have to punch the clock, I don't have to have my butt in a chair between certain hours.
Phrasal Verbs(of an employee) clock in (or out) 〈北美〉（雇员）打卡记录上（或下）班时间 she couldn't punch in, because there were no time clocks Example sentencesExamples - Before Ian could jam his card into the clock to punch out, Dupont called him from the office.
- I watched her absently walk over to the clock and punch out.
- This is not to say that every government employee checks his brain and his principles at the door when he punches in for the first time.
- The absolute worst work condition we ever heard about was a 1960's factory where the owner made all workers punch out on the time clock to use the bathroom.
- In the middle of a transaction I excused myself for ‘just a moment’ went to the cloak room, grabbed my belongings, punched out and ran home.
- Danmar regularly had employees punch out after 40 hours and then forced them to continue working.
- Now, each employee has an individual code number and has to punch in and out every day.
- A week later, when they tried to punch in, security guards told them they'd been fired.
- Does the president of General Motors go down and check out as the shift punches out and changes?
- The greatest feeling I get as an entrepreneur is when I go into the back, into the facility here and to see the employees punching out on their time cards to go home and on payday to know that I've contributed to their livelihood.
Derivativesnoun ˈpʌn(t)ʃəˈpən(t)ʃər In his two defeats, both by knockout, he lost concentration and showed that, like many big punchers, he can be rendered unconscious too easily. Example sentencesExamples - One of the most devastating punchers to fight at featherweight, he ignored the basics.
- Are there people going around punching people with paper punchers instead of their fists?
- Graham opens a drawer in the abandoned Apollo Mission Control room and someone's stuff is still in there: rubber stamps, stationary supplies, and paper punchers.
- It is going to be a very explosive fight between two aggressive punchers.
OriginLate Middle English (as a verb in the sense 'puncture, prod'): variant of pounce1. The punch that means ‘to strike’ was first used in the sense ‘to puncture or prod’, which is probably where the term for a tool for making holes comes from. Ultimately, the word goes back to the same source as point and poignant. A person doing something that might be thought to be beyond their capacity or ability can be said to be punching above their weight. This is a boxing metaphor—contests are generally arranged between opponents of nearly equal weight. The drink punch, first mentioned in English in 1600, has a completely different source. It seems to come, via Hindi, from Sanskrit pañca ‘five, five kinds of’. The drink originally had five ingredients—strong alcohol, water, fruit juices, spices, and sugar. Finally, there is the Punch that appears in the early 19th-century expression pleased as Punch (or proud as Punch), referring to the gleeful self-satisfaction of the grotesque hook-nosed male character of the Punch and Judy Show. Punch was originally a dialect term for a short, fat person and is a short form of Punchinello, the name of a stout hook-nosed character in traditional Italian theatre.
Rhymesbrunch, bunch, crunch, hunch, lunch, munch, scrunch noun pʌn(t)ʃpən(t)ʃ 1A device or machine for making holes in materials such as paper, leather, or metal. 打孔器，穿孔机 Example sentencesExamples - Yes, I think the reason I did not have it there, I think a hole punch has obscured the paragraph number.
- You may put a hole in the top with a paper punch and tie a ribbon through the hole.
- Essentially, this is an operation where there is a pressurized water chamber into which a punch pushes the metal blank.
- Use those bits of leftover wrapping paper and a hole punch to make confetti (a great job for the kids)!
- The working chisels are used for cutting the metal, punches and a block having proper-sized holes are used for punching out holes.
- Here, stiff strips of paper have been tinted a dull green or brown by a chlorophyll wash and perforated with a hole punch.
- Others made bubbles with hole punches, and once this process began, the possibilities became endless for new ideas with a hole punch.
- Take a hole punch to a randomly selected page from a glossy magazine and scatter a layer of confetti across your desktop.
- Give each child a handful of hole punches and let them have sprinkle these over the paper.
- I have my stapler fully locked and loaded and strapped to my ankle I have the hole punch for emergencies.
- Use paper punches (one large, one small) to cut the eyes and pupils out of colored paper, and glue on.
- I trace the bolt holes with a scribe and punch them out with a hole punch.
- Some are marked with stamps, some with a hole punch, others a scribbled initial.
- Finally, the students would use a hole punch at the top of the leaf and attach string for hanging the project.
- Leather punches are ultra-sharp, will cut cleanly through heavy fabric and are available in a variety of shapes and sizes.
- Now you need to keep the liquid under pressure so that liquid pushed the metal against the punch.
- Hughes takes hole punch to sheets of paper and then glues the left over discs back in place leaving a pattern.
- Katie bought paper bags and used my paper punches to make luminaries.
- Make eyelet holes with a hole punch or scissors in the top left and right corners of both triangles.
- She's not the sharpest tool in the box - I even had to show her how to use a hole punch properly.
2A tool or machine for impressing a design or stamping a die on a material. 压印器，冲压机 Example sentencesExamples - He began to concentrate on the design and manufacture of punch, stamp and draw tools for the production of metal car panels.
- Hollerith designed punches specially made for his system, the Hollerith Electric Tabulating System.
- After it is cut down, sheet stock goes to the turret punch to get holes put in as needed, goes to a brake press to be bent.
verbpʌn(t)ʃpən(t)ʃ [with object]1Pierce a hole in (paper, leather, metal, etc.) with or as though with a punch. 用打孔器在（金属、纸张、皮革等）上打孔（或穿孔） she handed him her ticket, which he punched and returned with a grin Example sentencesExamples - At this point, apparently, many people just decided to punch the second hole to represent the second set of candidates.
- Overall though, the concept is simple: find your candidate, find their number on the ballot; punch the hole.
- Some ballots are being recounted after voters apparently punched the paper when it was folded in two.
- When many of them go into the voting booth they will punch the card or pull the lever for a candidate who appears strong.
- I bet when the curtain closes behind him on Tuesday, he punches the card for that candidate.
- Corresponding holes in the front of the parfleche were punched with a tapestry needle.
- Some voters apparently had to indicate their choice by punching a card by machine, using machines over 50 years old which sometimes failed to punch the card successfully!
- Say what you want about Kidd's off the clock antics, he is spectacular when he punches his card.
- Although, now that I think about it, the tool to punch the card was just a screwdriver.
- That is because of ‘chads’ on the punched ballot, or small pieces of paper left when the voter does not fully punch the paper.
- Megawati shouted to her supporters while demonstrating how to punch ballot papers for her party's number and logo of a bull with a white nose at a soccer field in the town of Gianyar.
- The papers are neatly punched, indexed and occasionally underlined with red pen.
- This allowed experienced professional weavers, like the Hartmans, to modify designs before punching the cards.
Synonyms make a hole in, put/punch holes in, perforate, puncture, pierce, prick, hole, riddle, spike, skewer, spit, stick, pin, needle rare pink, transpierce - 1.1 Pierce (a hole) with or as though with a punch.
用打孔器在（金属、纸张、皮革等）上打孔（或穿孔） you can grow the seeds in a yogurt pot with a hole punched in the bottom Example sentencesExamples - A veritable patchwork of holes had already been punched into the leathery membranes, but it was still not enough.
- Then I dug out an old belt and punched a new hole at the end.
- This is easily done via the twin mounting holes punched through the bottom of the safe body.
- Carefully punch a small hole at each mark for your hanging string.
- In most manufacturing, the flash hole is simply punched through the bottom of the primer pocket.
- First, he punched two holes on the side of an empty coffee can.
- In a small garden, fill plastic rubbish sacks with them, tie the tops, punch a few holes at the bottom, and leave them to rot down in a quiet corner of the garden till next autumn.
- Of course I used it all the time, to cut leather into strips, to punch holes, to cut small branches; but I knew this was not what he was asking.
- Small round holes were punched on it in a gridlike pattern before the emulsion was peeled away from its paper backing.
- Use an awl or pushpin and foam core to punch holes where you want to add stitching.
- Use this simple tool to punch holes for connecting drip tapes to the supply line.
- Before attaching the hollow item, a hole was punched through the body pot so that the trapped air would vent into the space of the body.
- Using a Japanese screw punch, mark and punch a hole through the screen that corresponds with the middle hole in the hinge.
- The red mulched subplots were obtained by taping a layer of red plastic over the existing layer of black plastic just before the holes were punched.
- If you punch one hole in a boat, at best, the boat will never sail properly again and, at worst, the whole boat will sink.
- He punches spy holes in the wooden shutters so when he is indoors he can look out whether he is sitting or standing.
- Rather than simply punching a straight hole down the center of the tube, the machines three distinct internal bore profiles.
- Paint a metal-edged vellum gift tag (available at crafts stores) green, and punch a small hole on both ends of the tag.
- In the instructions it said, go to the right and punch the hole to the right.
- Some codes could only be understood by placing a sheet of paper punched with holes over the top so that just the relevant letters making up the message could be read.
OriginEarly 16th century: perhaps an abbreviation of puncheon1, or from the verb punch1. noun pʌn(t)ʃpən(t)ʃ mass nounA drink made from wine or spirits mixed with water, fruit juices, spices, etc., and typically served hot. 潘趣酒（一种用葡萄酒或烈性酒搀水、果汁、香料等调成的饮料，尤指热饮料） we sat drinking our rum punch Example sentencesExamples - She had drunk six pints of lager, a ‘dirty pint’ containing spirits, and punch made with vodka, cider and lager.
- Another universal and potent colonial drink was punch.
- Approximately how many people would this recipe serve, if everyone had 500 ml of punch to drink?
- I made a semi alcoholic punch with loads of fruit and ice. Yummy and a few beers for the boys.
- In the unfortunate absence of a Spanish wine on the menu, the best alternative is the excellent Sangria, an alcoholic Spanish fruit punch.
- Some nice wee Polish ladies make us tea, plates of borscht and alcohol free fruit punch.
- However, when ordered as a warm drink in the winter this same sweetened rum punch was known as a ‘toddy.’
- An Isleworth woman who never drinks had several glasses of fruit punch at a party and finished up driving at 64 miles an hour with well over twice the legal limit for alcohol.
- Waiters in white coats serve you rum punch: trade winds trickle through the trees; and the scent of jasmine fills the air.
- Iced tea, fruit punch, water, milk, coffee, and hot tea were complimentary.
- Fruit punch made from fruit juice is an excellent source of Vitamin C, providing about 35g of vitamin C per serving.
- Pick your choice of tipple from white or red wine, fruit punch or lager as your peruse the menu and enjoy live reggae music from a local band.
- She replied, ‘Gwen, the fruit punch will be fine, I will try the coconut water another day.’
- Fruit punch and mince pies will be served in the interval of the Methodist Church performance.
- Hot punch and mulled wine will be served with 15% off all stock.
- She also complained that some of the staff were poorly trained and described the butler as a buffoon who was only good for mixing a fruit and rum punch.
- Similar weight increases were found in those with intakes of fruit punch and fruit juice.
- She had given a party the previous night and drank several glasses of vodka punch, cognac, wine and beer.
- Socializing before or after event: heavy on the wine, a mulled rum punch, beer, light on the hard liquor
- Fruit punch served with a tiny quantity of alcohol, everything was going great.
OriginMid 17th century: apparently from Sanskrit pañca 'five, five kinds of' (because the drink had five ingredients). noun pʌn(t)ʃpən(t)ʃ 1A grotesque, hook-nosed humpbacked buffoon, the chief male character of the Punch and Judy puppet show. Punch is the English variant of a stock character derived ultimately from Italian commedia dell'arte. 庞奇（奇形怪状、钩鼻、驼背的小丑，木偶戏《庞奇和朱迪》中的男主角，其原型是意大利艺术喜剧中的角色）。亦称PUNCHINELLO Also called Punchinello 2A draught horse of a short-legged thickset breed. （矮壮的）萨福克驮马 Example sentencesExamples - Our conservation herd of about 40 horses is among the last surviving Suffolk Punch, a breed that originated more than two centuries ago in eastern (Norfolk and Suffolk counties) England.
- The Suffolk Punch is the oldest and now rarest breed of heavy horse.
Phrasesas pleased (or proud) as Punch Feeling great delight or pride. 乐（或傲）如庞奇的；特别高兴（或骄傲）的；洋洋得意的，骄傲自满的 he was pleased as Punch at the thought of the visit Example sentencesExamples - Van der Merwe was as pleased as Punch following last Saturday's win, making the wry remark his team had scored more tries in one game than the entire season.
- Because if you visit the region where he started out 10 or 15 years ago, you will quickly discover that his one-time colleagues are as proud as Punch to shake his hand.
- As for the man himself, he's as pleased as Punch that the food and drink elements of Staveley Mill Yard have proved such crowd-pullers.
- Yet I am at the same time as pleased as Punch about my English, Scottish and Irish ancestry and am also proud of the country that my forebears have created here in Australia.
- Some people are as pleased as Punch, notably the Australian of Commerce and Industry, which welcomed what it called a high quality deal, providing ‘substantial new market access opportunities’.
- My mum would be as pleased as punch if I actually went, but my dad seems a bit more particular about it.
- I am really sad that Fergie was not around on Thursday when I walked out with England at Lord's because he would have been as proud as Punch for me.
- Mother and son are both doing well and Grandpa Patsy is as pleased as Punch.
- If we give our best and St. Mary's of Galway go home with the cup, we'll congratulate them and salute their success, and we'll still be as proud as Punch of our lads.
- And then there's Max, looking as pleased as Punch in a photograph of the 1943 prefects.
OriginMid 17th century (as a dialect term denoting a short, fat person): abbreviation of Punchinello. verbpən(t)ʃpən(t)SH [with object]1Strike with the fist. （用拳）猛击 she punched him in the face and ran off 他朝她的面部猛击一拳后逃走。 Example sentencesExamples - The officers were also accused of pulling her hair, punching her arms and kicking her in front of her daughter after separating them.
- She climbed in the kitchen window and saw him with a knife, the court heard, and believing she was at risk kicked and punched him to the floor.
- Unflinching Verna caught the drow's arm in a hand and twisted it violently, striking out to punch her opponent beneath the chin.
- For the moment, however, the police can only say that a man has been charged with repeatedly kicking and punching a child and that six members of the public volunteered statements.
- ‘They were kicking and punching men and women indiscriminately,’ a photographer said.
- In another attack, he said a 14-year-old girl needed hospital treatment after being punched and kicked to the floor by a gang of seven boys.
- Another man, in a Mercedes coupe, was punched and kicked as he grappled with carjackers who struck at Dudley Hill in the city.
- She didn't expect him to suddenly strike out and punch her in the gut with his hand wrapped around Norianna's hilt.
- I kicked and punched it until I collapsed on the floor in drooling, sniffling, bawling heap of tears.
- The men assaulted the guards, knocking the male to the floor and kicking and punching him while pointing a gun at him.
- Adam curled up into a ball and wept as they punched him, kicked him, stamped on him.
- To score, you kick or punch the ball over the bar for one point or in the net for three points. search news
- He was attacked by youths from the group who pulled him to the ground before punching him, kicking him and hitting him with a ‘For Sale’ sign.
- The Commanding Officer reacted by punching the prisoner and kicking him and finally sending him back to the cells without medical treatment.
- A Yorkshireman who fought off a great white shark by kicking and punching it and pulling his leg out of its mouth is likely to make a full recovery, doctors said yesterday.
- On the lower tier of the stand we had Italian fans waving sticks at the local police, punching them, kicking them and lobbing flares before being battered into submission.
- The incident took place on the night of January 4 when the glass window was smashed, allegedly by Cole punching it with his fist.
- The man ended up in a ball on the ground while he was kicked and punched by several youths, said Mrs Walsh.
- I see more and more pictures of police kicking and punching protesters who are clearly not throwing anything and seemingly doing nothing.
- They were kicking and punching me - I'm not sure how many times.
Synonyms hit, strike, knock, thump, thwack, jab, cuff, clip, smash, slam, welt - 1.1 Drive with a blow from the fist.
（用拳）猛击 he punched the ball into his own goal 他用拳把球击进了自己的球门。
2Press (a button or key on a machine). 按（机器按钮，按键） Example sentencesExamples - She punched the button beneath it and a small pump began venting the room's air through a duct leading to the exterior of the ship.
- I punched the button again, pressing my finger against the stupid button until the area around my nail was white with pressure.
- She punched the button for the elevator, fuming the entire time.
- Striding through the lobby with not so much as a glance at the other occupants, the man closed his umbrella and punched a button on the elevator.
- She punched a button on her desk and turned back to Sam.
- His hand hovered over the phone before he lifted it and punched the buttons.
- He punched a few buttons on his keyboard and proceeded to interrogate me.
- The district police can punch one button to get to the appropriate emergency responder.
- As she punched the elevator button and waited for the lift to the third floor, her other hand touched the pocket of her white tweed coat.
- She sighed quietly and stepped into the lift, punching the button.
- Justy punched a button beside the lift and they heard a light hum as the carriage descended to their level.
- They reached the elevators and Jim laughed as he punched the button.
- He conceded he was possibly better off not knowing and punched the button outside the lift a fraction of a second before the doors closed.
- The NASA guys look all worried and they're punching a million buttons and making phone calls.
- About ten minutes in, the first programmer, Richard Head, started furiously punching his buttons.
- He swung the machine aside and punched a few buttons on a control panel, hoisting the machine up to the left side of the ceiling.
- Wolfen shouted at him and practically punched the button on the elevator.
- He punched the button to call the elevator to his floor.
- Dean Potter punches a button on a plastic wristwatch looped around his climbing harness.
- He reached over and punched a unmarked button on the side of the machine that could only be described as a doorframe.
- 2.1punch something in/into Enter information by pressing a button or key.
Example sentencesExamples - As one Music TV director put it, editors were ‘just punching images into the [editing] machines, to see how fast we could get them to go.’
- If the card is not working don't keep punching your number in, report it to the bank or ring the police.
- With that, he climbs into his Forester and starts punching numbers into the dash-mounted cell phone.
- At the beginning of the conflict, target coordinates for bombs were punched in manually.
- Alma was sitting on the bed punching buttons into the remote.
- She seemed satisfied as he pulled his PDA out and expertly punched her information in.
- You only have to punch the information into a drum machine once.
- But then the woman suddenly dropped him and turned back to the elevator, taking her anger out on the buttons as she punched the code in fiercely.
- ‘That should do it,’ said Suzanne, punching the last button in a final sort of way.
- I mumbled something equally articulate in response and then we sort of walked to the desk together to punch our numbers in.
- They did this by punching birthdates into their computer and seeing which single women's names came up.
- So I dutifully began the process of double check for permit/ticket before punching details into my rinky dinky little hand held computer prior to handing out parking ticket.
- With practiced ease, she punched the right button in the maze of buttons, levers, switches, and dials.
- After completing the pilot phase, I entered the airborne-tactical officer phase, where I spent most of my days in a simulator, punching buttons in tactical scenarios.
- Quickly, he punched the numbers into the machine and then waited for an answer.
- ‘Someone has tripped the motion sensor alarm at Bonham Estate,’ they informed him as he punched a few commands into the computer.
- They'll simultaneously punch random buttons in separate elevators at the Waldorf, and if they emerge on the same floor, it'll be kismet.
- The handlers who are stationed near the dispensing unit receive the cash and punch the amount into the battery-powered machine which prints out the bill.
- As well, many transactions such as banking that used to require fronting up to a real person can now be done by punching numbers into a machine.
- He phoned elderly Americans and persuaded them to reveal their numbers and then he punched them into a handy machine in his home, which printed the new card.
3North American Drive (cattle) by prodding them with a stick. 〈北美〉（用刺棒）赶（牲口）
nounpən(t)ʃpən(t)SH 1A blow with the fist. （用拳）猛击 Example sentencesExamples - Without warning, Jason stepped forward, and threw out a punch; his fist connecting with Josh's cheek.
- But then Mallory tried to punch him, but speed, still turned back to her, caught her punch with his fist.
- Such blows still felt like punches from a circus strong man no matter how much shielding they invented for us.
- Brant drew back his fist and landed a punch squarely on the right-side of his face.
- But domestic violence doesn't always manifest itself in punches and blows.
- He said the blows, kicks and punches continued even when he cowered on the floor with his hands protecting his head.
- Noah was back on his feet and agilely evaded the next punch while slamming his own fist into the man's stomach.
- I landed a well-aimed punch at her probably already broken nose.
- The pair moved innocently about the ring for much of the opening two minutes with their punches sending loud smacks all over the empty arena.
- They ram into the wall, exchanging body blows and punches as they scuffle.
- Before Christian's father and uncle could react, he charged, knocking the pair aside with well-aimed punches.
- ‘Impact upon his body’ can mean an auto accident, a fall, a punch, a blow, or a gunshot.
- For months the Northwich teenager practised high kicks, punches and devastating blows to destroy blocks of wood.
- A well-aimed punch sucks all the air out of my lungs and I fall gasping.
- As the camp counselor, you can help children recognize how words can hurt as much as a tumble or a well-aimed punch.
- A woman staying on the same corridor heard loud punches and likened the blows to those sometimes heard in TV programmes.
- She deflected his blow and aimed a punch at his abdomen.
- He never even saw the punch coming, the blow sending him sprawling to the ground.
- They exchanged punches, blows, blocks, and kicks, one after another, so fast that I could hardly follow.
- We rolled across the pavement of the bridge, exchanging blows and punches while the others fought the mafia.
Synonyms blow, hit, knock, thump, thwack, box, jab, fist, cuff, clip, smash, slam, welt, straight, uppercut, hook, body blow - 1.1informal The strength needed to deliver a blow with the fist.
〈非正式〉（出拳打击时所需要的）力量 he has the punch to knock out anyone in his division 他有力量击败他所在级别里的任何选手。 Example sentencesExamples - Just when both sides appeared to be settling for a point Nish delivered the killer punch when he popped up at the back post to convert Hamilton's miss-hit shot.
- 1.2informal in singular The power to impress or startle.
〈非正式〉吸引（或惊人）之力 photos give their arguments an extra visual punch 照片给他们的论证增添了额外的直观说服力。 Example sentencesExamples - That was more like it - punch, panache and power.
- The current crop of adverts simply don't grab the attention and lack punch, said Brahm's creative director, Mike Black.
- Change of scale and a riot of color gave this collage an extraordinary punch and visual appeal.
- It demonstrates that this tiny work can take such magnification and still pack a visual punch.
- The film that is funny and serious at the same time, packs an extra punch with a special appearance by Kamal Hasan in his ‘Sandiyar’ avatar.
- Unsurprisingly, they are promising a spectacle to cater for the fans who like their touchdowns to come with an extra punch.
- Both music tracks are outstanding, with only the boost of the amplifier giving it an extra punch.
- The plot may have been plundered on countless occasions by playwrights, film-makers and novelists, but nevertheless its emotional impact still packs a powerful punch.
- This makes the book a one-two punch of the visual combined with his autobiographical poetry.
- It gets at an emotional and political truth about the Holocaust, with a power and punch that a realist film could never have managed.
- Critics raved about the power and sledgehammer punch of the book.
- Hatton's body work is impressive but the right hook from Magee is the dominant punch.
- It follows too closely in the footsteps of films like Full Metal Jacket and Three Kings, but lacks similar power and punch.
- A caffeinated punch adds to its powers of rejuvenation.
- This week's reader offer from the bookstore carries an extra punch.
- Each slogan landed with the force of a punch and won cheers from a largely conservative crowd of South Dakotan students.
- Their breakthrough song undoubtedly rocks the venue, with the power punch of a stand-out track.
- The full force of his indomitable logic hits you like a power punch!
- Plus short sentences have more punch and more impact.
- This led her to wonder whether fluorescent feathers had more visual punch and were more attractive to potential mates than dimmer feathers.
Synonyms vigour, vigorousness, liveliness, vivacity, vitality, force, forcefulness, drive, strength, zest, animation, verve, panache, enthusiasm, impact, bite, kick, effectiveness, influence
Phrasesbeat someone to the punch informal Anticipate or forestall someone's actions. 〈非正式〉先人一招，先发制人 Example sentencesExamples - They may also be haunted by the fear that someone else will be thinking along similar lines and may beat them to the punch.
- I am about to share this theory with Byatt, but she beats me to the punch, with yet another theory of her own.
- In case they hadn't noticed, Ordnance Survey beat them to the punch.
- You get a story and you want to go with it before somebody else beats you to the punch, so sometimes it doesn't get checked as thoroughly.
- Should we really believe that David floated this story without further confirmation because he was concerned that John might beat him to the punch?
- But once more a Midway forward beat him to the punch.
- He beat me to the punch by a full half-hour - and I work with the attorney for one of the parties!
- We beat Ron to the punch and tell the others before we tell him.
- Elliot's high school prom has him missing the chance to dance with the girl with the broken leg; he is beaten to the punch by a more courageous guy.
- Olivia was a contender, but my brother and sister-in-law beat me to the punch.
1(of an employee) punch in or out. 〈北美〉（雇员）打卡记录上（或下）班时间 Example sentencesExamples - So it's not like, punch the clock and let me out of my cubicle/prison?
- They wax rhapsodic about the pleasure of no longer having to commute or punch the time clock.
- When I first met her, she was punching the clock as a foreman welder at a North Vancouver metal shop.
- That way, when it's time to punch the clock, you'll be ready to indulge in these other ‘me time’ tips.
- He denied the charges, pointing out that he had spoken to his supervisor and punched the time clock.
- The police and fire unions promised Saidel their members would continue punching the clock.
- Be ready to work, in every respect, before you punch the time clock.
- Generally speaking, workers didn't start punching the clock because they were forced to but because they wanted to.
- I've punched the clock from 9-5 for twenty-five years for the corporation.
- So not only will vacationing workers receive their normal day's pay, but those who are compelled to punch the clock on Friday will receive a little extra cash for their trouble.
- 1.1Be employed in a conventional job with regular hours.
受雇于时间固定的常规工种 Example sentencesExamples - At least McGillivary and Barnes punched the clock for a couple of years.
- My work schedule is very elastic; I don't have to go to meetings, I don't have to punch the clock, I don't have to have my butt in a chair between certain hours.
- But finally, I got away from punching the clock.
- Perhaps that's because 50 percent of workers today expect to continue punching the clock after ‘retirement,’ whereas just 22 percent of today's retirees still have some sort of gig.
punch someone's lights out Beat someone up; knock someone unconscious. Example sentencesExamples - The food's off, the beer's warm, the staff are abusive, he's short changed when he buys a pint and a big fat bloke with shaved head and wearing a shellsuit punches his lights out.
- I felt like punching his lights out and beating him to a bloody pulp!
- It might have been worth it if the climax had been a comedy terrorist dressed as a hijacker jumping onto the stage and punching his lights out.
- Vinnie Jones used to get a feeling seconds before punching someone's lights out.
- They always had to talk about beating someone up or punching their lights out.
- I can be all for free speech but still punch your lights out if you make a rude, demeaning comment to my child.
- He would have punched Zoeller 's lights out, figuratively, if not literally.
- Women like her character because when her husband says insensitive things she punches his lights out.
- Rick somehow made Michael's name sound like something filthy, and I could barely keep myself from punching his lights out.
- If you called him a hero, he'd punch your lights out.
Phrasal VerbsRegister one's arrival at (or departure from) work, especially by means of a time clock. she couldn't punch in, because there were no time clocks Example sentencesExamples - The greatest feeling I get as an entrepreneur is when I go into the back, into the facility here and to see the employees punching out on their time cards to go home and on payday to know that I've contributed to their livelihood.
- Before Ian could jam his card into the clock to punch out, Dupont called him from the office.
- Does the president of General Motors go down and check out as the shift punches out and changes?
- Now, each employee has an individual code number and has to punch in and out every day.
- The absolute worst work condition we ever heard about was a 1960's factory where the owner made all workers punch out on the time clock to use the bathroom.
- I watched her absently walk over to the clock and punch out.
- A week later, when they tried to punch in, security guards told them they'd been fired.
- In the middle of a transaction I excused myself for ‘just a moment’ went to the cloak room, grabbed my belongings, punched out and ran home.
- This is not to say that every government employee checks his brain and his principles at the door when he punches in for the first time.
- Danmar regularly had employees punch out after 40 hours and then forced them to continue working.
1Use a computer keyboard to call something to the screen. people will be able to punch up Andy Warhol and get text, photographs, and video on the entire Pop Art period Example sentencesExamples - Rather, he says, users will ‘just be able to punch them up’ on the site.
- Every year, however, it never fails: Someone gives us their registration card (complete with Ethernet address) and we punch it up to verify the brand of card.
he needed to punch up his meandering presentation Example sentencesExamples - They even use cartoon clips now and then to punch things up a bit.
- Unless he punches it up, he will be treated more harshly by CBS than he was by the Senate.
- Ok, this not a new idea, but try punching it up a bit.
- ‘Back To California’ punches things up with some cool bass and a catchy hook, while one of the album's more mellow moments, ‘God Says Nothing Back,’ has a hypnotic quality thanks to Jakob Dylan's low, smoky vocals.
- They even edit the presentations and punch them up with good intros and music to make them even more entertaining.
- He relies on the performers to punch things up, especially in the first half of the film.
- Once again working with Visconti, Bowie seems determined to punch things up a little more with this effort.
- If she can hold it together and punch things up an notch, she has an outside shot at advancing beyond the semifinals.
- Those moments could have been so great if they would have worked more on the cutscene, punching it up with the dialogue and music.
OriginLate Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘puncture, prod’): variant of pounce. nounpən(t)ʃpən(t)SH 1A device or machine for making holes in materials such as paper, leather, metal, and plaster. 打孔器，穿孔机 Example sentencesExamples - Katie bought paper bags and used my paper punches to make luminaries.
- Take a hole punch to a randomly selected page from a glossy magazine and scatter a layer of confetti across your desktop.
- I have my stapler fully locked and loaded and strapped to my ankle I have the hole punch for emergencies.
- Leather punches are ultra-sharp, will cut cleanly through heavy fabric and are available in a variety of shapes and sizes.
- Use those bits of leftover wrapping paper and a hole punch to make confetti (a great job for the kids)!
- I trace the bolt holes with a scribe and punch them out with a hole punch.
- Essentially, this is an operation where there is a pressurized water chamber into which a punch pushes the metal blank.
- Yes, I think the reason I did not have it there, I think a hole punch has obscured the paragraph number.
- Finally, the students would use a hole punch at the top of the leaf and attach string for hanging the project.
- Others made bubbles with hole punches, and once this process began, the possibilities became endless for new ideas with a hole punch.
- Now you need to keep the liquid under pressure so that liquid pushed the metal against the punch.
- Make eyelet holes with a hole punch or scissors in the top left and right corners of both triangles.
- Some are marked with stamps, some with a hole punch, others a scribbled initial.
- She's not the sharpest tool in the box - I even had to show her how to use a hole punch properly.
- Here, stiff strips of paper have been tinted a dull green or brown by a chlorophyll wash and perforated with a hole punch.
- Hughes takes hole punch to sheets of paper and then glues the left over discs back in place leaving a pattern.
- You may put a hole in the top with a paper punch and tie a ribbon through the hole.
- The working chisels are used for cutting the metal, punches and a block having proper-sized holes are used for punching out holes.
- Use paper punches (one large, one small) to cut the eyes and pupils out of colored paper, and glue on.
- Give each child a handful of hole punches and let them have sprinkle these over the paper.
2A tool or machine for impressing a design or stamping a die on a material. 压印器，冲压机 Example sentencesExamples - He began to concentrate on the design and manufacture of punch, stamp and draw tools for the production of metal car panels.
- Hollerith designed punches specially made for his system, the Hollerith Electric Tabulating System.
- After it is cut down, sheet stock goes to the turret punch to get holes put in as needed, goes to a brake press to be bent.
verbpən(t)ʃpən(t)SH [with object]1Pierce a hole in (metal, paper, leather, etc.) with or as though with a punch. 用打孔器在（金属、纸张、皮革等）上打孔（或穿孔） she handed him her ticket, which he punched and returned with a grin Example sentencesExamples - Some voters apparently had to indicate their choice by punching a card by machine, using machines over 50 years old which sometimes failed to punch the card successfully!
- At this point, apparently, many people just decided to punch the second hole to represent the second set of candidates.
- I bet when the curtain closes behind him on Tuesday, he punches the card for that candidate.
- Although, now that I think about it, the tool to punch the card was just a screwdriver.
- Corresponding holes in the front of the parfleche were punched with a tapestry needle.
- That is because of ‘chads’ on the punched ballot, or small pieces of paper left when the voter does not fully punch the paper.
- The papers are neatly punched, indexed and occasionally underlined with red pen.
- Overall though, the concept is simple: find your candidate, find their number on the ballot; punch the hole.
- Say what you want about Kidd's off the clock antics, he is spectacular when he punches his card.
- Some ballots are being recounted after voters apparently punched the paper when it was folded in two.
- This allowed experienced professional weavers, like the Hartmans, to modify designs before punching the cards.
- Megawati shouted to her supporters while demonstrating how to punch ballot papers for her party's number and logo of a bull with a white nose at a soccer field in the town of Gianyar.
- When many of them go into the voting booth they will punch the card or pull the lever for a candidate who appears strong.
Synonyms make a hole in, punch holes in, put holes in, perforate, puncture, pierce, prick, hole, riddle, spike, skewer, spit, stick, pin, needle - 1.1 Pierce (a hole) with or as though with a punch.
用打孔器在（金属、纸张、皮革等）上打孔（或穿孔） you can grow the seeds in a yogurt pot with a hole punched in the bottom Example sentencesExamples - Using a Japanese screw punch, mark and punch a hole through the screen that corresponds with the middle hole in the hinge.
- Before attaching the hollow item, a hole was punched through the body pot so that the trapped air would vent into the space of the body.
- The red mulched subplots were obtained by taping a layer of red plastic over the existing layer of black plastic just before the holes were punched.
- Some codes could only be understood by placing a sheet of paper punched with holes over the top so that just the relevant letters making up the message could be read.
- He punches spy holes in the wooden shutters so when he is indoors he can look out whether he is sitting or standing.
- This is easily done via the twin mounting holes punched through the bottom of the safe body.
- Use an awl or pushpin and foam core to punch holes where you want to add stitching.
- Paint a metal-edged vellum gift tag (available at crafts stores) green, and punch a small hole on both ends of the tag.
- In the instructions it said, go to the right and punch the hole to the right.
- First, he punched two holes on the side of an empty coffee can.
- Use this simple tool to punch holes for connecting drip tapes to the supply line.
- A veritable patchwork of holes had already been punched into the leathery membranes, but it was still not enough.
- Of course I used it all the time, to cut leather into strips, to punch holes, to cut small branches; but I knew this was not what he was asking.
- In most manufacturing, the flash hole is simply punched through the bottom of the primer pocket.
- Rather than simply punching a straight hole down the center of the tube, the machines three distinct internal bore profiles.
- Then I dug out an old belt and punched a new hole at the end.
- Carefully punch a small hole at each mark for your hanging string.
- Small round holes were punched on it in a gridlike pattern before the emulsion was peeled away from its paper backing.
- If you punch one hole in a boat, at best, the boat will never sail properly again and, at worst, the whole boat will sink.
- In a small garden, fill plastic rubbish sacks with them, tie the tops, punch a few holes at the bottom, and leave them to rot down in a quiet corner of the garden till next autumn.
OriginEarly 16th century: perhaps an abbreviation of puncheon, or from the verb punch. nounpən(t)ʃpən(t)SH A drink made with fruit juices, soda, spices, and sometimes liquor, typically served in small cups from a large bowl. we sat drinking our rum punch Example sentencesExamples - She had given a party the previous night and drank several glasses of vodka punch, cognac, wine and beer.
- She replied, ‘Gwen, the fruit punch will be fine, I will try the coconut water another day.’
- She had drunk six pints of lager, a ‘dirty pint’ containing spirits, and punch made with vodka, cider and lager.
- Some nice wee Polish ladies make us tea, plates of borscht and alcohol free fruit punch.
- Socializing before or after event: heavy on the wine, a mulled rum punch, beer, light on the hard liquor
- Fruit punch made from fruit juice is an excellent source of Vitamin C, providing about 35g of vitamin C per serving.
- Hot punch and mulled wine will be served with 15% off all stock.
- I made a semi alcoholic punch with loads of fruit and ice. Yummy and a few beers for the boys.
- Pick your choice of tipple from white or red wine, fruit punch or lager as your peruse the menu and enjoy live reggae music from a local band.
- She also complained that some of the staff were poorly trained and described the butler as a buffoon who was only good for mixing a fruit and rum punch.
- However, when ordered as a warm drink in the winter this same sweetened rum punch was known as a ‘toddy.’
- Fruit punch served with a tiny quantity of alcohol, everything was going great.
- Iced tea, fruit punch, water, milk, coffee, and hot tea were complimentary.
- Another universal and potent colonial drink was punch.
- Similar weight increases were found in those with intakes of fruit punch and fruit juice.
- An Isleworth woman who never drinks had several glasses of fruit punch at a party and finished up driving at 64 miles an hour with well over twice the legal limit for alcohol.
- Waiters in white coats serve you rum punch: trade winds trickle through the trees; and the scent of jasmine fills the air.
- In the unfortunate absence of a Spanish wine on the menu, the best alternative is the excellent Sangria, an alcoholic Spanish fruit punch.
- Fruit punch and mince pies will be served in the interval of the Methodist Church performance.
- Approximately how many people would this recipe serve, if everyone had 500 ml of punch to drink?
OriginMid 17th century: apparently from Sanskrit pañca ‘five, five kinds of’ (because the drink had five ingredients). nounpən(t)ʃpən(t)SH PunchA grotesque, hook-nosed, humpbacked buffoon, the chief male character of the Punch and Judy show. Punch is the English variant of a stock character derived ultimately from Italian commedia dell'arte. 庞奇（奇形怪状、钩鼻、驼背的小丑，木偶戏《庞奇和朱迪》中的男主角，其原型是意大利艺术喜剧中的角色）。亦称PUNCHINELLO Also called Punchinello
PhrasesFeeling great delight or pride. 乐（或傲）如庞奇的；特别高兴（或骄傲）的；洋洋得意的，骄傲自满的 Example sentencesExamples - Van der Merwe was as pleased as Punch following last Saturday's win, making the wry remark his team had scored more tries in one game than the entire season.
- My mum would be as pleased as punch if I actually went, but my dad seems a bit more particular about it.
- If we give our best and St. Mary's of Galway go home with the cup, we'll congratulate them and salute their success, and we'll still be as proud as Punch of our lads.
- Because if you visit the region where he started out 10 or 15 years ago, you will quickly discover that his one-time colleagues are as proud as Punch to shake his hand.
- And then there's Max, looking as pleased as Punch in a photograph of the 1943 prefects.
- I am really sad that Fergie was not around on Thursday when I walked out with England at Lord's because he would have been as proud as Punch for me.
- Mother and son are both doing well and Grandpa Patsy is as pleased as Punch.
- Some people are as pleased as Punch, notably the Australian of Commerce and Industry, which welcomed what it called a high quality deal, providing ‘substantial new market access opportunities’.
- Yet I am at the same time as pleased as Punch about my English, Scottish and Irish ancestry and am also proud of the country that my forebears have created here in Australia.
- As for the man himself, he's as pleased as Punch that the food and drink elements of Staveley Mill Yard have proved such crowd-pullers.
OriginMid 17th century (as a dialect term denoting a short, fat person): abbreviation of Punchinello. |