Definition of thrash in English:

thrash

verb θraʃθræʃ

[with object]

1Beat (a person or animal) repeatedly and violently with a stick or whip.
棒打；鞭打
she thrashed him across the head and shoulders
她抽打他的头和肩。
Example sentencesExamples
- Then he was thrashed by criminals for being a ‘traitor’ to his country.
- His mother, who had thrashed him twice in front of his gurus for not being regular to his classes, had also played a role.
- She was sexually exploited and if she refused to comply, she was thrashed.
- His future father-in-law came round to dinner one evening and attempted to thrash him with a horsewhip.
- Another man, reminding his mother of how his father used to thrash him at her behest, was told, ‘You were a bad child and you deserved it.’
- Joshua grabbed the whip, thrashing the master again and again.
- Then she started thrashing him about the head and shoulders.
- After thrashing him, one of the youths pulled a pistol and shot him in the stomach.
- Once home, his father, a freedom fighter, thrashed him mercilessly.
- This annoyed the jawans who beat the husband and when wife intervened to stop them, she was also thrashed.
- His father paid a visit to mine, who proceeded to thrash me with a yardstick.
- Once they had finished thrashing me, they tied me up again, but this time I managed to keep my ankles and wrists slightly apart.
- I was raised on a cattle/sheep farm, and if you didn't eat your meat for dinner you were thrashed about the head with a crowbar.
- She would beat her until her arm was tired and then thrash her on the floor.
- Ravi's father often thrashes him for neglecting studies.
- From where we were, we could see them thrashing him mercilessly, hitting him with stones.
- The accused were armed with sharp edged weapons and thrashed him brutally.
Synonyms
hit, beat, flog, whip, horsewhip, scourge, lash, flagellate, flail, strap, birch, cane, belt, leather
North American bullwhip
informal give someone a hiding, tan someone's hide, lather, paste, take a strap to, beat the living daylights out of
North American informal whale
archaic switch, stripe, thong
rare quirt
beating, flogging, whipping, horsewhipping, scourging, lashing, flagellation, caning, belting, leathering
the strap, the birch, the cane, the belt
North American bullwhipping
informal hiding, tanning, lathering, pasting, going-over
1. 1.1 Hit (something) hard and repeatedly.
  连续重击
  the wind screeched and the mast thrashed the deck
  风咆哮着，桅杆不断地击打着甲板。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Is it better to be an isolated, depressed Western nuclear family housewife whose washing machine has a five year guarantee or an Indian woman who thrashes her washing on boulders in the river in the company of other women?
  Those famous feet thrash the water so hard, the men that trail him say it is like being immersed in a washing machine.
2no object Move in a violent and convulsive way.
剧烈扭动，猛烈晃动，翻来覆去
he lay on the ground thrashing around in pain
他躺在地上疼得不断打滚。
with object she thrashed her arms, attempting to swim
她奋力摆动双臂，尝试着游起来。
Example sentencesExamples
- There was Sara being held down by nurses as she thrashed around, desperate to get back to her husband.
- She thrashed and struggled and howled as they dragged her further inside.
- Convulsions took him over and he was thrashing, shaking, screaming, but he didn't know it.
- I donned this ensemble and went to dark, smoky clubs where I thrashed around to ear-ringing, heart-stopping music.
- He hissed in my ear as I thrashed about in the tight circle of his arms.
- Struggling, she thrashed about hoping to break free.
- If you want to swim really fast, stop thrashing about, relax and feel the water.
- Kicking and thrashing, Jennifer desperately struggled to break free.
- Through the night she was panting and thrashing in her sleep, sometimes screaming out.
- Then Amy started violently thrashing in her sleep.
- A family who went to confront an intruder in their garden were surprised to find a young deer thrashing around in their swimming pool.
- Violently, he thrashed around on the bed until he fell and hit the floor.
- The more they thrash, push and struggle the more quickly they fatigue and the more mistakes they make.
- Every time he accelerates it reclines of its own accord, leaving my legs thrashing around in the air.
- A few hours later, he began thrashing about in a seizure so violent that he dislocated his shoulder.
- Great tears were rolling down her face as she thrashed on the bed.
- Four years later though, and I was the only one still thrashing around in the shallow end, terrified of getting his head underwater.
- He thrashed madly, slamming his fists down wherever he could reach and kicking wildly.
- After the first operation he wouldn't come round and kept thrashing around which is when they found the second blood clot.
- As the tiny birds thrash around trying to free themselves they become even more entrapped.
Synonyms
flail, thresh, flounder, toss and turn, jerk, toss, squirm, writhe, twist, wriggle, wiggle, twitch
1. 2.1thrash around Struggle in a desperate or unfocused way to do something.
  奋力拼搏，拼命挣扎
  two months of thrashing around on my own have produced nothing
  我自己折腾了两个月结果一事无成。
  Example sentencesExamples
  After much thrashing around, the biotech industry is finally nearing consensus on what to call less expensive, generic-type alternatives to pricey biotech drugs.
  Cricket attendances are in decline and the sport is thrashing around desperately for a solution.
  As the US thrashes around for someone to blame, it was inevitable that it would focus on China, with its large trade surplus, just as the twin fiscal and trade deficits of the Reagan era led to a focus on Japan two decades ago.
  You've graduated from the Famous Five and Roald Dahl, and you are thrashing around for something that reflects your interests.
  Does it start to look though as if the Government is trying to thrash around a bit, trying to make a bit of policy on the run in an attempt to try and get back on the front foot?
  The Government keeps thrashing around for that magic bullet, desperate to eliminate this crisis once and for all.
  So they thrash around, throwing money at projects and making sacrifices to the gods.
  Many commentators have spent the week thrashing around in an attempt to discover what it means.
  Since his public standing hit an all-time low following his divorce he has been thrashing around for some means to enhance his popularity.
  And as a final jibe he remarked that it was always sad to see a politician at the end of his career thrashing around for an issue.
  He thrashes around, drinking too much and playing his daughter's CDs.
  It would seem that we're into one of those cycles where old issues are still being thrashed around, locally, and nationally.
  So it seems to me he should be out there, front and center, especially at time when the administration has been sort of thrashing around for a spokesman to put out there to talk about the domestic threat.
  He insists that after hearing what specialists had to say he was even more convinced he was right, and that Howard was an old political leader thrashing around for an issue.
  His government, which has been under constant pressure from some corporate circles to beef up its industrial laws, has been thrashing around for ways to push its agenda forward.
  In election years, politicians thrash around blindly in an attempt to humour or captivate public opinion.
  The pointless violence and vulgarity, however, that ends his stories smacks of an author thrashing around for an ending.
  By thrashing around for solutions to the ‘politics of behaviour’ in this way, the government is helping to fuel the spiral of fear and alienation across society.
2. 2.2informal no object, with adverbial of direction Move in a fast or uncontrolled way.
  I wrench the steering wheel back and thrash on up the hill
  我把方向盘猛往回拽，奋力开上了山。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It's nice to think of them picturing Father Christmas and his sleigh whooshing across frosty rooftops, as opposed to me thrashing my way around a soulless out-of-town shopping centre.
  As their fins thrashed through the water in fast pursuit, I saw the whale shark descend rapidly to the depths.
  Synonyms
  struggle, thresh, flail, toss and turn, twist and turn, pitch, splash, stagger, stumble, falter, lurch, blunder, fumble, grope, squirm, writhe
3informal Defeat heavily in a contest or match.
〈非正式〉（比赛中）彻底击败，重创
I thrashed Pete at cards
牌桌上皮特被我打得落花流水。
with object and complement Newcastle were thrashed 8–1 by the Czech team
纽卡斯尔队以1比8的大比分落败于捷克队。
Example sentencesExamples
- There can be no doubt that Paul was comprehensively thrashed in the debate.
- They managed just 45 and were thrashed by nine wickets.
- He thrashed me out there, but I'll just take it on the chin.
- In the opening match of the tournament on Saturday, Germany thrashed Pakistan 6-0.
- We used to go to the gym together before I left to join one in Chelmsford, and he always thrashed me on the running machine, easily sprinting off at 15 km/h.
- After defeating Burnley and thrashing Gillingham 7-1, the young Blues will find it much tougher at Goodison Park.
- I think I was put off the game during my early teens when my brother repeatedly thrashed me.
- Lancashire have been frustrated by the rain in their current match with Middlesex at Old Trafford, especially as Sussex thrashed Durham inside three days at Hove.
- Yorkshire have so far suffered crushing defeats by Surrey and Somerset while Kent were thrashed by Hampshire in their last match.
- After being obliterated at tennis on Saturday, I was thrashed at squash this afternoon.
- Now he'd had a chance to thrash me again, I had lost what small advantage I had.
- Then he thrashed me consistently for almost two weeks; but recently, I've wised up to his methodology and begun to beat him.
- I was comprehensively thrashed in all four rounds.
- The Norwegian, the person for whom English is a second language, thrashed us at Scrabble.
- West Hartlepool have lost all 14 of the league matches they have played so far this season and were thrashed by Harrogate last month at Claro Road.
- Yes we have done it again: Ireland thrashed Italy in a brilliant match.
- Hunter was thrashed by Doherty in last year's final
- But whenever he tried to fight higher levels of competition, he was soundly thrashed.
- The students of St John's College bounced back from a heavy mid-week defeat to thrash Dunnington 6-0.
Synonyms
trounce, beat hollow, defeat utterly, rout, annihilate, triumph over, win a resounding victory over, be victorious over, crush, overwhelm, best, get the better of, worst, bring someone to their knees
informal lick, hammer, clobber, paste, pound, pulverize, crucify, demolish, destroy, drub, give someone a drubbing, cane, walk all over, wipe the floor with, give someone a hiding, take to the cleaners, blow someone out of the water, make mincemeat of, murder, massacre, slaughter, flatten, turn inside out, tank
British informal stuff, marmalize
North American informal blow out, cream, shellac, skunk, slam
US informal own
crushing defeat, overwhelming defeat, beating, trouncing, walloping, thumping, battering, rout
informal hiding, licking, pasting, caning, going-over, drubbing, hammering, pounding, clobbering, demolition, slaughter, massacre, annihilation
North American informal shellacking

noun θraʃθræʃ

1usually in singular A violent or noisy movement of beating or thrashing.
the thrash of the waves
波涛拍击。
Example sentencesExamples
- It was a brief but animated struggle, the flex of the rod and the 6-pound-test line absorbing the runs, thrashes and splashes of the creature that had been hiding in ambush in the roots of the cypress tree.
1. 1.1informal A fast and exciting motor race or other sporting event.
  〈非正式〉激烈的汽车赛（或其他体育赛事）
  crews assembled in Richmond town square to tackle the 120-mile thrash
2British informal A party, especially a loud or lavish one.
〈英，非正式〉（尤指喧闹或浪费的）聚会
Henry's charity ball had been one hell of a thrash
Example sentencesExamples
- Meanwhile the players dressed to thrill when they turned out for their thrash at the hotel following their 1-0 win.
3A short, fast, loud piece or passage of rock music.
鞭击（或激流）金属乐曲
after all those twelve-bar thrashes, my fingers were blistered
Example sentencesExamples
- There are some explosive stop-start punky thrashes that sound like Pavement at warp-speed.
- The best stuff is from the early seventies, when the murky, basic production and tight rhythm section set up a selection of exciting guitar thrashes.
1. 3.1mass noun A style of fast, loud, harsh-sounding rock music, combining elements of punk and heavy metal.
  鞭击金属，激流金属（融合了重金属乐和朋克音乐的快节奏、吵闹刺耳的摇滚乐）
  as modifier a grungy thrash band
  Example sentencesExamples
  The evening starts off with live music, then moves on to a mixture of accessible indie tunes - the night is thankfully light on the angry teen, thrash metal side, focussing instead on alternative anthems of the last ten years.
  Regarded by many as the album that started thrash metal, it was fast and furious and it is no wonder that many regard it as the greatest thrash / heavy album - the father of them all.
  It may be their collective hardcore or thrash metal backgrounds.
  Neither is formal beauty a universally shared musical value, as much as film music or thrash metal are deliberately ugly.
  It's simple, straight ahead thrash metal that gets repetitive fast.
  They also offer doom metal, death metal, thrash metal, power metal and black metal.
  She abruptly broke off the conversation to ask a man browsing through the thrash metal section if he could find what he was looking for.
  I think it's kind of cool that thrash metal fans can get a chance to check out for the first time bands that helped lay down the roots.
  If we were doing thrash metal, we would definitely dress the part.
  To reach the stage that they were at by 1991 is a long convoluted story involving several superb thrash metal albums on different small labels, each album selling more than the last.
  One of the most distinctive guitarists of the punk generation, his searing, choking guitar lines lift the songs above the thrash punk anthems they would later become.
  Their latest album is proof of this, smelting the finest elements of thrash, death and black metal and ruthlessly pouring the molten result down your throat.
  It involves him playing loud thrash metal music late at night, or joining a group of Dublin youngsters in a joy-riding escapade.
  There are also elements of thrash metal, cock rock and pop punk.
  From what sounds like an amalgamation of hardcore and thrash metal, any promising musical ability is then shrouded by the raspy rap-rattled-off vocals, which are then accompanied by a dominating rhythm.
  When we started, thrash metal was still really underground.
  While musically competent, these guys display no particular distinction, and the thrash guitar leads are pretty basic.
  During a period in the 1990s, reggae music went through a period called ‘bashment’, which was very angry, shouting unmelodic rants, similar to thrash metal in the US.
  They jumped into the thrash metal game very late, when it was spiraling back into the underground.
  The four-lad outfit turned in a stunning thrash metal performance complete with guitar posturing and indecipherable lyrics delivered in a satanic growl.

Phrasal Verbs

thrash something out

Discuss something frankly and thoroughly, especially to reach a decision.
it is essential that conflicting views are heard and thrashed out
Example sentencesExamples
- A spokesman for the minister said these issues would be thrashed out in the coming weeks.
- But I'm never going to thrash it out with them because they think my taste in music appalling so I never talk to them.
- Guys are willing to thrash things out with each other when there are conflicts.
- And, in the weeks and months that followed, the pros and cons were thrashed out and re-examined and discussed and analysed until there was nothing left to say.
- Two separate oral hearings are to be scheduled for approximately 6 weeks time when the grievances of all parties will be thrashed out before adjudicating panels.
- We needed to thrash those issues out.
- I want to get all the staff members involved in my case to come together to thrash it out.
- It is a complex process but it also ensures everyone has their say and matters are thrashed out in detail.
- He and Murdoch are due to meet next week to thrash things out.
- What I'm getting at is that you seem have a bone to pick with me of late, and we should thrash it out before it becomes a problem.
Synonyms
resolve, settle, sort out, straighten out, iron out, reconcile, disentangle, clarify, clear up, talk through, confer about, debate, exchange views about, exchange views on, chew over, air, ventilate, argue out, argue the pros and cons of
produce, come to a decision on, work out, form a resolution about, negotiate, agree on, bring about, complete, accomplish, carry through, effect

Origin

Old English, variant of thresh (an early sense). Current senses of the noun date from the mid 19th century.

Thrash and thresh are variant forms of the same Old English word. The Germanic root sense was probably ‘to tramp with the feet’. Thrash was used for treading out corn by men or oxen; when beating with a flail replaced treading, thresh was restricted to producing grain, and thrash extended to more generalized notions of knocking, beating, and striking. In threshold (Old English) the first element is related to thresh in the Germanic sense ‘tread’, but the origin of the second element remains unknown.

Rhymes

abash, ash, Ashe, bash, brash, cache, calash, cash, clash, crash, dash, encash, flash, gnash, hash, lash, mash, Nash, panache, pash, plash, rash, sash, slash, smash, soutache, splash, stash, trash

Definition of thrash in US English:

thrash

verbθræʃTHraSH

[with object]

1Beat (a person or animal) repeatedly and violently with a stick or whip.
棒打；鞭打
she thrashed him across the head and shoulders
她抽打他的头和肩。
what he needs is a good thrashing
他需要的是一顿狠狠的棒揍。
Example sentencesExamples
- Joshua grabbed the whip, thrashing the master again and again.
- His future father-in-law came round to dinner one evening and attempted to thrash him with a horsewhip.
- From where we were, we could see them thrashing him mercilessly, hitting him with stones.
- Then she started thrashing him about the head and shoulders.
- Ravi's father often thrashes him for neglecting studies.
- After thrashing him, one of the youths pulled a pistol and shot him in the stomach.
- I was raised on a cattle/sheep farm, and if you didn't eat your meat for dinner you were thrashed about the head with a crowbar.
- This annoyed the jawans who beat the husband and when wife intervened to stop them, she was also thrashed.
- The accused were armed with sharp edged weapons and thrashed him brutally.
- Once home, his father, a freedom fighter, thrashed him mercilessly.
- His father paid a visit to mine, who proceeded to thrash me with a yardstick.
- Then he was thrashed by criminals for being a ‘traitor’ to his country.
- His mother, who had thrashed him twice in front of his gurus for not being regular to his classes, had also played a role.
- Once they had finished thrashing me, they tied me up again, but this time I managed to keep my ankles and wrists slightly apart.
- She was sexually exploited and if she refused to comply, she was thrashed.
- She would beat her until her arm was tired and then thrash her on the floor.
- Another man, reminding his mother of how his father used to thrash him at her behest, was told, ‘You were a bad child and you deserved it.’
Synonyms
beating, flogging, whipping, horsewhipping, scourging, lashing, flagellation, caning, belting, leathering
hit, beat, flog, whip, horsewhip, scourge, lash, flagellate, flail, strap, birch, cane, belt, leather
1. 1.1 Hit (something) hard and repeatedly.
  连续重击
  the wind screeched and the mast thrashed the deck
  风咆哮着，桅杆不断地击打着甲板。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Is it better to be an isolated, depressed Western nuclear family housewife whose washing machine has a five year guarantee or an Indian woman who thrashes her washing on boulders in the river in the company of other women?
  Those famous feet thrash the water so hard, the men that trail him say it is like being immersed in a washing machine.
2. 1.2no object Move in a violent and convulsive way.
  剧烈扭动，猛烈晃动，翻来覆去
  he lay on the ground thrashing around in pain
  他躺在地上疼得不断打滚。
  with object she thrashed her arms, attempting to swim
  她奋力摆动双臂，尝试着游起来。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Through the night she was panting and thrashing in her sleep, sometimes screaming out.
  The more they thrash, push and struggle the more quickly they fatigue and the more mistakes they make.
  Then Amy started violently thrashing in her sleep.
  Four years later though, and I was the only one still thrashing around in the shallow end, terrified of getting his head underwater.
  Great tears were rolling down her face as she thrashed on the bed.
  A few hours later, he began thrashing about in a seizure so violent that he dislocated his shoulder.
  He thrashed madly, slamming his fists down wherever he could reach and kicking wildly.
  Struggling, she thrashed about hoping to break free.
  Convulsions took him over and he was thrashing, shaking, screaming, but he didn't know it.
  Violently, he thrashed around on the bed until he fell and hit the floor.
  Every time he accelerates it reclines of its own accord, leaving my legs thrashing around in the air.
  Kicking and thrashing, Jennifer desperately struggled to break free.
  A family who went to confront an intruder in their garden were surprised to find a young deer thrashing around in their swimming pool.
  As the tiny birds thrash around trying to free themselves they become even more entrapped.
  She thrashed and struggled and howled as they dragged her further inside.
  There was Sara being held down by nurses as she thrashed around, desperate to get back to her husband.
  After the first operation he wouldn't come round and kept thrashing around which is when they found the second blood clot.
  I donned this ensemble and went to dark, smoky clubs where I thrashed around to ear-ringing, heart-stopping music.
  If you want to swim really fast, stop thrashing about, relax and feel the water.
  He hissed in my ear as I thrashed about in the tight circle of his arms.
  Synonyms
  flail, thresh, flounder, toss and turn, jerk, toss, squirm, writhe, twist, wriggle, wiggle, twitch
3. 1.3thrash aroundno object Struggle in a wild or desperate way to do something.
  奋力拼搏，拼命挣扎
  two months of thrashing around on my own have produced nothing
  我自己折腾了两个月结果一事无成。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He insists that after hearing what specialists had to say he was even more convinced he was right, and that Howard was an old political leader thrashing around for an issue.
  By thrashing around for solutions to the ‘politics of behaviour’ in this way, the government is helping to fuel the spiral of fear and alienation across society.
  His government, which has been under constant pressure from some corporate circles to beef up its industrial laws, has been thrashing around for ways to push its agenda forward.
  The pointless violence and vulgarity, however, that ends his stories smacks of an author thrashing around for an ending.
  The Government keeps thrashing around for that magic bullet, desperate to eliminate this crisis once and for all.
  He thrashes around, drinking too much and playing his daughter's CDs.
  Cricket attendances are in decline and the sport is thrashing around desperately for a solution.
  Does it start to look though as if the Government is trying to thrash around a bit, trying to make a bit of policy on the run in an attempt to try and get back on the front foot?
  And as a final jibe he remarked that it was always sad to see a politician at the end of his career thrashing around for an issue.
  Many commentators have spent the week thrashing around in an attempt to discover what it means.
  You've graduated from the Famous Five and Roald Dahl, and you are thrashing around for something that reflects your interests.
  In election years, politicians thrash around blindly in an attempt to humour or captivate public opinion.
  So they thrash around, throwing money at projects and making sacrifices to the gods.
  After much thrashing around, the biotech industry is finally nearing consensus on what to call less expensive, generic-type alternatives to pricey biotech drugs.
  So it seems to me he should be out there, front and center, especially at time when the administration has been sort of thrashing around for a spokesman to put out there to talk about the domestic threat.
  As the US thrashes around for someone to blame, it was inevitable that it would focus on China, with its large trade surplus, just as the twin fiscal and trade deficits of the Reagan era led to a focus on Japan two decades ago.
  It would seem that we're into one of those cycles where old issues are still being thrashed around, locally, and nationally.
  Since his public standing hit an all-time low following his divorce he has been thrashing around for some means to enhance his popularity.
4. 1.4informal Defeat (someone) heavily in a contest or match.
  〈非正式〉（比赛中）彻底击败，重创
  I thrashed Pete at cards
  牌桌上皮特被我打得落花流水。
  with object and complement the Braves were thrashed 8–1 by the Mets
  Example sentencesExamples
  Yorkshire have so far suffered crushing defeats by Surrey and Somerset while Kent were thrashed by Hampshire in their last match.
  Then he thrashed me consistently for almost two weeks; but recently, I've wised up to his methodology and begun to beat him.
  I think I was put off the game during my early teens when my brother repeatedly thrashed me.
  The students of St John's College bounced back from a heavy mid-week defeat to thrash Dunnington 6-0.
  Hunter was thrashed by Doherty in last year's final
  The Norwegian, the person for whom English is a second language, thrashed us at Scrabble.
  I was comprehensively thrashed in all four rounds.
  Yes we have done it again: Ireland thrashed Italy in a brilliant match.
  Lancashire have been frustrated by the rain in their current match with Middlesex at Old Trafford, especially as Sussex thrashed Durham inside three days at Hove.
  Now he'd had a chance to thrash me again, I had lost what small advantage I had.
  We used to go to the gym together before I left to join one in Chelmsford, and he always thrashed me on the running machine, easily sprinting off at 15 km/h.
  West Hartlepool have lost all 14 of the league matches they have played so far this season and were thrashed by Harrogate last month at Claro Road.
  But whenever he tried to fight higher levels of competition, he was soundly thrashed.
  After defeating Burnley and thrashing Gillingham 7-1, the young Blues will find it much tougher at Goodison Park.
  In the opening match of the tournament on Saturday, Germany thrashed Pakistan 6-0.
  He thrashed me out there, but I'll just take it on the chin.
  There can be no doubt that Paul was comprehensively thrashed in the debate.
  They managed just 45 and were thrashed by nine wickets.
  After being obliterated at tennis on Saturday, I was thrashed at squash this afternoon.
  Synonyms
  crushing defeat, overwhelming defeat, beating, trouncing, walloping, thumping, battering, rout
  trounce, beat hollow, defeat utterly, rout, annihilate, triumph over, win a resounding victory over, be victorious over, crush, overwhelm, best, get the better of, worst, bring someone to their knees
5. 1.5no object Move with brute determination or violent movements.
  奋力前进
  I wrench the steering wheel back and thrash on up the hill
  我把方向盘猛往回拽，奋力开上了山。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It's nice to think of them picturing Father Christmas and his sleigh whooshing across frosty rooftops, as opposed to me thrashing my way around a soulless out-of-town shopping centre.
  As their fins thrashed through the water in fast pursuit, I saw the whale shark descend rapidly to the depths.
  Synonyms
  struggle, thresh, flail, toss and turn, twist and turn, pitch, splash, stagger, stumble, falter, lurch, blunder, fumble, grope, squirm, writhe
6. 1.6
  rare term for thresh (sense 1)

nounθræʃTHraSH

1usually in singular A violent or noisy movement, typically involving hitting something repeatedly.
剧烈扭动，抽动；打，击（尤指连续拍打）
the thrash of the waves
波涛拍击。
Example sentencesExamples
- It was a brief but animated struggle, the flex of the rod and the 6-pound-test line absorbing the runs, thrashes and splashes of the creature that had been hiding in ambush in the roots of the cypress tree.
2A short, fast, loud piece or passage of rock music.
鞭击（或激流）金属乐曲
Example sentencesExamples
- There are some explosive stop-start punky thrashes that sound like Pavement at warp-speed.
- The best stuff is from the early seventies, when the murky, basic production and tight rhythm section set up a selection of exciting guitar thrashes.
1. 2.1 A style of fast, loud, harsh-sounding rock music, combining elements of punk and heavy metal.
  鞭击金属，激流金属（融合了重金属乐和朋克音乐的快节奏、吵闹刺耳的摇滚乐）
  Example sentencesExamples
  They also offer doom metal, death metal, thrash metal, power metal and black metal.
  When we started, thrash metal was still really underground.
  There are also elements of thrash metal, cock rock and pop punk.
  Regarded by many as the album that started thrash metal, it was fast and furious and it is no wonder that many regard it as the greatest thrash / heavy album - the father of them all.
  Their latest album is proof of this, smelting the finest elements of thrash, death and black metal and ruthlessly pouring the molten result down your throat.
  One of the most distinctive guitarists of the punk generation, his searing, choking guitar lines lift the songs above the thrash punk anthems they would later become.
  The evening starts off with live music, then moves on to a mixture of accessible indie tunes - the night is thankfully light on the angry teen, thrash metal side, focussing instead on alternative anthems of the last ten years.
  It involves him playing loud thrash metal music late at night, or joining a group of Dublin youngsters in a joy-riding escapade.
  I think it's kind of cool that thrash metal fans can get a chance to check out for the first time bands that helped lay down the roots.
  If we were doing thrash metal, we would definitely dress the part.
  It may be their collective hardcore or thrash metal backgrounds.
  While musically competent, these guys display no particular distinction, and the thrash guitar leads are pretty basic.
  She abruptly broke off the conversation to ask a man browsing through the thrash metal section if he could find what he was looking for.
  From what sounds like an amalgamation of hardcore and thrash metal, any promising musical ability is then shrouded by the raspy rap-rattled-off vocals, which are then accompanied by a dominating rhythm.
  To reach the stage that they were at by 1991 is a long convoluted story involving several superb thrash metal albums on different small labels, each album selling more than the last.
  During a period in the 1990s, reggae music went through a period called ‘bashment’, which was very angry, shouting unmelodic rants, similar to thrash metal in the US.
  They jumped into the thrash metal game very late, when it was spiraling back into the underground.
  It's simple, straight ahead thrash metal that gets repetitive fast.
  Neither is formal beauty a universally shared musical value, as much as film music or thrash metal are deliberately ugly.
  The four-lad outfit turned in a stunning thrash metal performance complete with guitar posturing and indecipherable lyrics delivered in a satanic growl.

Phrasal Verbs

thrash something out

Discuss something thoroughly and honestly.
反复（或彻底）讨论
Example sentencesExamples
- Guys are willing to thrash things out with each other when there are conflicts.
- It is a complex process but it also ensures everyone has their say and matters are thrashed out in detail.
- Two separate oral hearings are to be scheduled for approximately 6 weeks time when the grievances of all parties will be thrashed out before adjudicating panels.
- What I'm getting at is that you seem have a bone to pick with me of late, and we should thrash it out before it becomes a problem.
- And, in the weeks and months that followed, the pros and cons were thrashed out and re-examined and discussed and analysed until there was nothing left to say.
- I want to get all the staff members involved in my case to come together to thrash it out.
- But I'm never going to thrash it out with them because they think my taste in music appalling so I never talk to them.
- He and Murdoch are due to meet next week to thrash things out.
- A spokesman for the minister said these issues would be thrashed out in the coming weeks.
- We needed to thrash those issues out.
Synonyms
resolve, settle, sort out, straighten out, iron out, reconcile, disentangle, clarify, clear up, talk through, confer about, debate, exchange views about, exchange views on, chew over, air, ventilate, argue out, argue the pros and cons of
produce, come to a decision on, work out, form a resolution about, negotiate, agree on, bring about, complete, accomplish, carry through, effect

Origin

Old English, variant of thresh (an early sense). Current senses of the noun date from the mid 19th century.

单词	thrash
释义	Definition of thrash in English: thrash verb θraʃθræʃ [with object] 1Beat (a person or animal) repeatedly and violently with a stick or whip. 棒打；鞭打 she thrashed him across the head and shoulders 她抽打他的头和肩。 Example sentencesExamples Then he was thrashed by criminals for being a ‘traitor’ to his country. His mother, who had thrashed him twice in front of his gurus for not being regular to his classes, had also played a role. She was sexually exploited and if she refused to comply, she was thrashed. His future father-in-law came round to dinner one evening and attempted to thrash him with a horsewhip. Another man, reminding his mother of how his father used to thrash him at her behest, was told, ‘You were a bad child and you deserved it.’ Joshua grabbed the whip, thrashing the master again and again. Then she started thrashing him about the head and shoulders. After thrashing him, one of the youths pulled a pistol and shot him in the stomach. Once home, his father, a freedom fighter, thrashed him mercilessly. This annoyed the jawans who beat the husband and when wife intervened to stop them, she was also thrashed. His father paid a visit to mine, who proceeded to thrash me with a yardstick. Once they had finished thrashing me, they tied me up again, but this time I managed to keep my ankles and wrists slightly apart. I was raised on a cattle/sheep farm, and if you didn't eat your meat for dinner you were thrashed about the head with a crowbar. She would beat her until her arm was tired and then thrash her on the floor. Ravi's father often thrashes him for neglecting studies. From where we were, we could see them thrashing him mercilessly, hitting him with stones. The accused were armed with sharp edged weapons and thrashed him brutally. Synonyms hit, beat, flog, whip, horsewhip, scourge, lash, flagellate, flail, strap, birch, cane, belt, leather North American bullwhip informal give someone a hiding, tan someone's hide, lather, paste, take a strap to, beat the living daylights out of North American informal whale archaic switch, stripe, thong rare quirt beating, flogging, whipping, horsewhipping, scourging, lashing, flagellation, caning, belting, leathering the strap, the birch, the cane, the belt North American bullwhipping informal hiding, tanning, lathering, pasting, going-over 1.1 Hit (something) hard and repeatedly. 连续重击 the wind screeched and the mast thrashed the deck 风咆哮着，桅杆不断地击打着甲板。 Example sentencesExamples Is it better to be an isolated, depressed Western nuclear family housewife whose washing machine has a five year guarantee or an Indian woman who thrashes her washing on boulders in the river in the company of other women? Those famous feet thrash the water so hard, the men that trail him say it is like being immersed in a washing machine. 2no object Move in a violent and convulsive way. 剧烈扭动，猛烈晃动，翻来覆去 he lay on the ground thrashing around in pain 他躺在地上疼得不断打滚。 with object she thrashed her arms, attempting to swim 她奋力摆动双臂，尝试着游起来。 Example sentencesExamples There was Sara being held down by nurses as she thrashed around, desperate to get back to her husband. She thrashed and struggled and howled as they dragged her further inside. Convulsions took him over and he was thrashing, shaking, screaming, but he didn't know it. I donned this ensemble and went to dark, smoky clubs where I thrashed around to ear-ringing, heart-stopping music. He hissed in my ear as I thrashed about in the tight circle of his arms. Struggling, she thrashed about hoping to break free. If you want to swim really fast, stop thrashing about, relax and feel the water. Kicking and thrashing, Jennifer desperately struggled to break free. Through the night she was panting and thrashing in her sleep, sometimes screaming out. Then Amy started violently thrashing in her sleep. A family who went to confront an intruder in their garden were surprised to find a young deer thrashing around in their swimming pool. Violently, he thrashed around on the bed until he fell and hit the floor. The more they thrash, push and struggle the more quickly they fatigue and the more mistakes they make. Every time he accelerates it reclines of its own accord, leaving my legs thrashing around in the air. A few hours later, he began thrashing about in a seizure so violent that he dislocated his shoulder. Great tears were rolling down her face as she thrashed on the bed. Four years later though, and I was the only one still thrashing around in the shallow end, terrified of getting his head underwater. He thrashed madly, slamming his fists down wherever he could reach and kicking wildly. After the first operation he wouldn't come round and kept thrashing around which is when they found the second blood clot. As the tiny birds thrash around trying to free themselves they become even more entrapped. Synonyms flail, thresh, flounder, toss and turn, jerk, toss, squirm, writhe, twist, wriggle, wiggle, twitch 2.1thrash around Struggle in a desperate or unfocused way to do something. 奋力拼搏，拼命挣扎 two months of thrashing around on my own have produced nothing 我自己折腾了两个月结果一事无成。 Example sentencesExamples After much thrashing around, the biotech industry is finally nearing consensus on what to call less expensive, generic-type alternatives to pricey biotech drugs. Cricket attendances are in decline and the sport is thrashing around desperately for a solution. As the US thrashes around for someone to blame, it was inevitable that it would focus on China, with its large trade surplus, just as the twin fiscal and trade deficits of the Reagan era led to a focus on Japan two decades ago. You've graduated from the Famous Five and Roald Dahl, and you are thrashing around for something that reflects your interests. Does it start to look though as if the Government is trying to thrash around a bit, trying to make a bit of policy on the run in an attempt to try and get back on the front foot? The Government keeps thrashing around for that magic bullet, desperate to eliminate this crisis once and for all. So they thrash around, throwing money at projects and making sacrifices to the gods. Many commentators have spent the week thrashing around in an attempt to discover what it means. Since his public standing hit an all-time low following his divorce he has been thrashing around for some means to enhance his popularity. And as a final jibe he remarked that it was always sad to see a politician at the end of his career thrashing around for an issue. He thrashes around, drinking too much and playing his daughter's CDs. It would seem that we're into one of those cycles where old issues are still being thrashed around, locally, and nationally. So it seems to me he should be out there, front and center, especially at time when the administration has been sort of thrashing around for a spokesman to put out there to talk about the domestic threat. He insists that after hearing what specialists had to say he was even more convinced he was right, and that Howard was an old political leader thrashing around for an issue. His government, which has been under constant pressure from some corporate circles to beef up its industrial laws, has been thrashing around for ways to push its agenda forward. In election years, politicians thrash around blindly in an attempt to humour or captivate public opinion. The pointless violence and vulgarity, however, that ends his stories smacks of an author thrashing around for an ending. By thrashing around for solutions to the ‘politics of behaviour’ in this way, the government is helping to fuel the spiral of fear and alienation across society. 2.2informal no object, with adverbial of direction Move in a fast or uncontrolled way. I wrench the steering wheel back and thrash on up the hill 我把方向盘猛往回拽，奋力开上了山。 Example sentencesExamples It's nice to think of them picturing Father Christmas and his sleigh whooshing across frosty rooftops, as opposed to me thrashing my way around a soulless out-of-town shopping centre. As their fins thrashed through the water in fast pursuit, I saw the whale shark descend rapidly to the depths. Synonyms struggle, thresh, flail, toss and turn, twist and turn, pitch, splash, stagger, stumble, falter, lurch, blunder, fumble, grope, squirm, writhe 3informal Defeat heavily in a contest or match. 〈非正式〉（比赛中）彻底击败，重创 I thrashed Pete at cards 牌桌上皮特被我打得落花流水。 with object and complement Newcastle were thrashed 8–1 by the Czech team 纽卡斯尔队以1比8的大比分落败于捷克队。 Example sentencesExamples There can be no doubt that Paul was comprehensively thrashed in the debate. They managed just 45 and were thrashed by nine wickets. He thrashed me out there, but I'll just take it on the chin. In the opening match of the tournament on Saturday, Germany thrashed Pakistan 6-0. We used to go to the gym together before I left to join one in Chelmsford, and he always thrashed me on the running machine, easily sprinting off at 15 km/h. After defeating Burnley and thrashing Gillingham 7-1, the young Blues will find it much tougher at Goodison Park. I think I was put off the game during my early teens when my brother repeatedly thrashed me. Lancashire have been frustrated by the rain in their current match with Middlesex at Old Trafford, especially as Sussex thrashed Durham inside three days at Hove. Yorkshire have so far suffered crushing defeats by Surrey and Somerset while Kent were thrashed by Hampshire in their last match. After being obliterated at tennis on Saturday, I was thrashed at squash this afternoon. Now he'd had a chance to thrash me again, I had lost what small advantage I had. Then he thrashed me consistently for almost two weeks; but recently, I've wised up to his methodology and begun to beat him. I was comprehensively thrashed in all four rounds. The Norwegian, the person for whom English is a second language, thrashed us at Scrabble. West Hartlepool have lost all 14 of the league matches they have played so far this season and were thrashed by Harrogate last month at Claro Road. Yes we have done it again: Ireland thrashed Italy in a brilliant match. Hunter was thrashed by Doherty in last year's final But whenever he tried to fight higher levels of competition, he was soundly thrashed. The students of St John's College bounced back from a heavy mid-week defeat to thrash Dunnington 6-0. Synonyms trounce, beat hollow, defeat utterly, rout, annihilate, triumph over, win a resounding victory over, be victorious over, crush, overwhelm, best, get the better of, worst, bring someone to their knees informal lick, hammer, clobber, paste, pound, pulverize, crucify, demolish, destroy, drub, give someone a drubbing, cane, walk all over, wipe the floor with, give someone a hiding, take to the cleaners, blow someone out of the water, make mincemeat of, murder, massacre, slaughter, flatten, turn inside out, tank British informal stuff, marmalize North American informal blow out, cream, shellac, skunk, slam US informal own crushing defeat, overwhelming defeat, beating, trouncing, walloping, thumping, battering, rout informal hiding, licking, pasting, caning, going-over, drubbing, hammering, pounding, clobbering, demolition, slaughter, massacre, annihilation North American informal shellacking noun θraʃθræʃ 1usually in singular A violent or noisy movement of beating or thrashing. the thrash of the waves 波涛拍击。 Example sentencesExamples It was a brief but animated struggle, the flex of the rod and the 6-pound-test line absorbing the runs, thrashes and splashes of the creature that had been hiding in ambush in the roots of the cypress tree. 1.1informal A fast and exciting motor race or other sporting event. 〈非正式〉激烈的汽车赛（或其他体育赛事） crews assembled in Richmond town square to tackle the 120-mile thrash 2British informal A party, especially a loud or lavish one. 〈英，非正式〉（尤指喧闹或浪费的）聚会 Henry's charity ball had been one hell of a thrash Example sentencesExamples Meanwhile the players dressed to thrill when they turned out for their thrash at the hotel following their 1-0 win. 3A short, fast, loud piece or passage of rock music. 鞭击（或激流）金属乐曲 after all those twelve-bar thrashes, my fingers were blistered Example sentencesExamples There are some explosive stop-start punky thrashes that sound like Pavement at warp-speed. The best stuff is from the early seventies, when the murky, basic production and tight rhythm section set up a selection of exciting guitar thrashes. 3.1mass noun A style of fast, loud, harsh-sounding rock music, combining elements of punk and heavy metal. 鞭击金属，激流金属（融合了重金属乐和朋克音乐的快节奏、吵闹刺耳的摇滚乐） as modifier a grungy thrash band Example sentencesExamples The evening starts off with live music, then moves on to a mixture of accessible indie tunes - the night is thankfully light on the angry teen, thrash metal side, focussing instead on alternative anthems of the last ten years. Regarded by many as the album that started thrash metal, it was fast and furious and it is no wonder that many regard it as the greatest thrash / heavy album - the father of them all. It may be their collective hardcore or thrash metal backgrounds. Neither is formal beauty a universally shared musical value, as much as film music or thrash metal are deliberately ugly. It's simple, straight ahead thrash metal that gets repetitive fast. They also offer doom metal, death metal, thrash metal, power metal and black metal. She abruptly broke off the conversation to ask a man browsing through the thrash metal section if he could find what he was looking for. I think it's kind of cool that thrash metal fans can get a chance to check out for the first time bands that helped lay down the roots. If we were doing thrash metal, we would definitely dress the part. To reach the stage that they were at by 1991 is a long convoluted story involving several superb thrash metal albums on different small labels, each album selling more than the last. One of the most distinctive guitarists of the punk generation, his searing, choking guitar lines lift the songs above the thrash punk anthems they would later become. Their latest album is proof of this, smelting the finest elements of thrash, death and black metal and ruthlessly pouring the molten result down your throat. It involves him playing loud thrash metal music late at night, or joining a group of Dublin youngsters in a joy-riding escapade. There are also elements of thrash metal, cock rock and pop punk. From what sounds like an amalgamation of hardcore and thrash metal, any promising musical ability is then shrouded by the raspy rap-rattled-off vocals, which are then accompanied by a dominating rhythm. When we started, thrash metal was still really underground. While musically competent, these guys display no particular distinction, and the thrash guitar leads are pretty basic. During a period in the 1990s, reggae music went through a period called ‘bashment’, which was very angry, shouting unmelodic rants, similar to thrash metal in the US. They jumped into the thrash metal game very late, when it was spiraling back into the underground. The four-lad outfit turned in a stunning thrash metal performance complete with guitar posturing and indecipherable lyrics delivered in a satanic growl. Phrasal Verbs thrash something out Discuss something frankly and thoroughly, especially to reach a decision. it is essential that conflicting views are heard and thrashed out Example sentencesExamples A spokesman for the minister said these issues would be thrashed out in the coming weeks. But I'm never going to thrash it out with them because they think my taste in music appalling so I never talk to them. Guys are willing to thrash things out with each other when there are conflicts. And, in the weeks and months that followed, the pros and cons were thrashed out and re-examined and discussed and analysed until there was nothing left to say. Two separate oral hearings are to be scheduled for approximately 6 weeks time when the grievances of all parties will be thrashed out before adjudicating panels. We needed to thrash those issues out. I want to get all the staff members involved in my case to come together to thrash it out. It is a complex process but it also ensures everyone has their say and matters are thrashed out in detail. He and Murdoch are due to meet next week to thrash things out. What I'm getting at is that you seem have a bone to pick with me of late, and we should thrash it out before it becomes a problem. Synonyms resolve, settle, sort out, straighten out, iron out, reconcile, disentangle, clarify, clear up, talk through, confer about, debate, exchange views about, exchange views on, chew over, air, ventilate, argue out, argue the pros and cons of produce, come to a decision on, work out, form a resolution about, negotiate, agree on, bring about, complete, accomplish, carry through, effect Origin Old English, variant of thresh (an early sense). Current senses of the noun date from the mid 19th century. Thrash and thresh are variant forms of the same Old English word. The Germanic root sense was probably ‘to tramp with the feet’. Thrash was used for treading out corn by men or oxen; when beating with a flail replaced treading, thresh was restricted to producing grain, and thrash extended to more generalized notions of knocking, beating, and striking. In threshold (Old English) the first element is related to thresh in the Germanic sense ‘tread’, but the origin of the second element remains unknown. Rhymes abash, ash, Ashe, bash, brash, cache, calash, cash, clash, crash, dash, encash, flash, gnash, hash, lash, mash, Nash, panache, pash, plash, rash, sash, slash, smash, soutache, splash, stash, trash verb.1 phr.v. Definition of thrash in US English: thrash verbθræʃTHraSH [with object] 1Beat (a person or animal) repeatedly and violently with a stick or whip. 棒打；鞭打 she thrashed him across the head and shoulders 她抽打他的头和肩。 what he needs is a good thrashing 他需要的是一顿狠狠的棒揍。 Example sentencesExamples Joshua grabbed the whip, thrashing the master again and again. His future father-in-law came round to dinner one evening and attempted to thrash him with a horsewhip. From where we were, we could see them thrashing him mercilessly, hitting him with stones. Then she started thrashing him about the head and shoulders. Ravi's father often thrashes him for neglecting studies. After thrashing him, one of the youths pulled a pistol and shot him in the stomach. I was raised on a cattle/sheep farm, and if you didn't eat your meat for dinner you were thrashed about the head with a crowbar. This annoyed the jawans who beat the husband and when wife intervened to stop them, she was also thrashed. The accused were armed with sharp edged weapons and thrashed him brutally. Once home, his father, a freedom fighter, thrashed him mercilessly. His father paid a visit to mine, who proceeded to thrash me with a yardstick. Then he was thrashed by criminals for being a ‘traitor’ to his country. His mother, who had thrashed him twice in front of his gurus for not being regular to his classes, had also played a role. Once they had finished thrashing me, they tied me up again, but this time I managed to keep my ankles and wrists slightly apart. She was sexually exploited and if she refused to comply, she was thrashed. She would beat her until her arm was tired and then thrash her on the floor. Another man, reminding his mother of how his father used to thrash him at her behest, was told, ‘You were a bad child and you deserved it.’ Synonyms beating, flogging, whipping, horsewhipping, scourging, lashing, flagellation, caning, belting, leathering hit, beat, flog, whip, horsewhip, scourge, lash, flagellate, flail, strap, birch, cane, belt, leather 1.1 Hit (something) hard and repeatedly. 连续重击 the wind screeched and the mast thrashed the deck 风咆哮着，桅杆不断地击打着甲板。 Example sentencesExamples Is it better to be an isolated, depressed Western nuclear family housewife whose washing machine has a five year guarantee or an Indian woman who thrashes her washing on boulders in the river in the company of other women? Those famous feet thrash the water so hard, the men that trail him say it is like being immersed in a washing machine. 1.2no object Move in a violent and convulsive way. 剧烈扭动，猛烈晃动，翻来覆去 he lay on the ground thrashing around in pain 他躺在地上疼得不断打滚。 with object she thrashed her arms, attempting to swim 她奋力摆动双臂，尝试着游起来。 Example sentencesExamples Through the night she was panting and thrashing in her sleep, sometimes screaming out. The more they thrash, push and struggle the more quickly they fatigue and the more mistakes they make. Then Amy started violently thrashing in her sleep. Four years later though, and I was the only one still thrashing around in the shallow end, terrified of getting his head underwater. Great tears were rolling down her face as she thrashed on the bed. A few hours later, he began thrashing about in a seizure so violent that he dislocated his shoulder. He thrashed madly, slamming his fists down wherever he could reach and kicking wildly. Struggling, she thrashed about hoping to break free. Convulsions took him over and he was thrashing, shaking, screaming, but he didn't know it. Violently, he thrashed around on the bed until he fell and hit the floor. Every time he accelerates it reclines of its own accord, leaving my legs thrashing around in the air. Kicking and thrashing, Jennifer desperately struggled to break free. A family who went to confront an intruder in their garden were surprised to find a young deer thrashing around in their swimming pool. As the tiny birds thrash around trying to free themselves they become even more entrapped. She thrashed and struggled and howled as they dragged her further inside. There was Sara being held down by nurses as she thrashed around, desperate to get back to her husband. After the first operation he wouldn't come round and kept thrashing around which is when they found the second blood clot. I donned this ensemble and went to dark, smoky clubs where I thrashed around to ear-ringing, heart-stopping music. If you want to swim really fast, stop thrashing about, relax and feel the water. He hissed in my ear as I thrashed about in the tight circle of his arms. Synonyms flail, thresh, flounder, toss and turn, jerk, toss, squirm, writhe, twist, wriggle, wiggle, twitch 1.3thrash aroundno object Struggle in a wild or desperate way to do something. 奋力拼搏，拼命挣扎 two months of thrashing around on my own have produced nothing 我自己折腾了两个月结果一事无成。 Example sentencesExamples He insists that after hearing what specialists had to say he was even more convinced he was right, and that Howard was an old political leader thrashing around for an issue. By thrashing around for solutions to the ‘politics of behaviour’ in this way, the government is helping to fuel the spiral of fear and alienation across society. His government, which has been under constant pressure from some corporate circles to beef up its industrial laws, has been thrashing around for ways to push its agenda forward. The pointless violence and vulgarity, however, that ends his stories smacks of an author thrashing around for an ending. The Government keeps thrashing around for that magic bullet, desperate to eliminate this crisis once and for all. He thrashes around, drinking too much and playing his daughter's CDs. Cricket attendances are in decline and the sport is thrashing around desperately for a solution. Does it start to look though as if the Government is trying to thrash around a bit, trying to make a bit of policy on the run in an attempt to try and get back on the front foot? And as a final jibe he remarked that it was always sad to see a politician at the end of his career thrashing around for an issue. Many commentators have spent the week thrashing around in an attempt to discover what it means. You've graduated from the Famous Five and Roald Dahl, and you are thrashing around for something that reflects your interests. In election years, politicians thrash around blindly in an attempt to humour or captivate public opinion. So they thrash around, throwing money at projects and making sacrifices to the gods. After much thrashing around, the biotech industry is finally nearing consensus on what to call less expensive, generic-type alternatives to pricey biotech drugs. So it seems to me he should be out there, front and center, especially at time when the administration has been sort of thrashing around for a spokesman to put out there to talk about the domestic threat. As the US thrashes around for someone to blame, it was inevitable that it would focus on China, with its large trade surplus, just as the twin fiscal and trade deficits of the Reagan era led to a focus on Japan two decades ago. It would seem that we're into one of those cycles where old issues are still being thrashed around, locally, and nationally. Since his public standing hit an all-time low following his divorce he has been thrashing around for some means to enhance his popularity. 1.4informal Defeat (someone) heavily in a contest or match. 〈非正式〉（比赛中）彻底击败，重创 I thrashed Pete at cards 牌桌上皮特被我打得落花流水。 with object and complement the Braves were thrashed 8–1 by the Mets Example sentencesExamples Yorkshire have so far suffered crushing defeats by Surrey and Somerset while Kent were thrashed by Hampshire in their last match. Then he thrashed me consistently for almost two weeks; but recently, I've wised up to his methodology and begun to beat him. I think I was put off the game during my early teens when my brother repeatedly thrashed me. The students of St John's College bounced back from a heavy mid-week defeat to thrash Dunnington 6-0. Hunter was thrashed by Doherty in last year's final The Norwegian, the person for whom English is a second language, thrashed us at Scrabble. I was comprehensively thrashed in all four rounds. Yes we have done it again: Ireland thrashed Italy in a brilliant match. Lancashire have been frustrated by the rain in their current match with Middlesex at Old Trafford, especially as Sussex thrashed Durham inside three days at Hove. Now he'd had a chance to thrash me again, I had lost what small advantage I had. We used to go to the gym together before I left to join one in Chelmsford, and he always thrashed me on the running machine, easily sprinting off at 15 km/h. West Hartlepool have lost all 14 of the league matches they have played so far this season and were thrashed by Harrogate last month at Claro Road. But whenever he tried to fight higher levels of competition, he was soundly thrashed. After defeating Burnley and thrashing Gillingham 7-1, the young Blues will find it much tougher at Goodison Park. In the opening match of the tournament on Saturday, Germany thrashed Pakistan 6-0. He thrashed me out there, but I'll just take it on the chin. There can be no doubt that Paul was comprehensively thrashed in the debate. They managed just 45 and were thrashed by nine wickets. After being obliterated at tennis on Saturday, I was thrashed at squash this afternoon. Synonyms crushing defeat, overwhelming defeat, beating, trouncing, walloping, thumping, battering, rout trounce, beat hollow, defeat utterly, rout, annihilate, triumph over, win a resounding victory over, be victorious over, crush, overwhelm, best, get the better of, worst, bring someone to their knees 1.5no object Move with brute determination or violent movements. 奋力前进 I wrench the steering wheel back and thrash on up the hill 我把方向盘猛往回拽，奋力开上了山。 Example sentencesExamples It's nice to think of them picturing Father Christmas and his sleigh whooshing across frosty rooftops, as opposed to me thrashing my way around a soulless out-of-town shopping centre. As their fins thrashed through the water in fast pursuit, I saw the whale shark descend rapidly to the depths. Synonyms struggle, thresh, flail, toss and turn, twist and turn, pitch, splash, stagger, stumble, falter, lurch, blunder, fumble, grope, squirm, writhe 1.6 rare term for thresh (sense 1) nounθræʃTHraSH 1usually in singular A violent or noisy movement, typically involving hitting something repeatedly. 剧烈扭动，抽动；打，击（尤指连续拍打） the thrash of the waves 波涛拍击。 Example sentencesExamples It was a brief but animated struggle, the flex of the rod and the 6-pound-test line absorbing the runs, thrashes and splashes of the creature that had been hiding in ambush in the roots of the cypress tree. 2A short, fast, loud piece or passage of rock music. 鞭击（或激流）金属乐曲 Example sentencesExamples There are some explosive stop-start punky thrashes that sound like Pavement at warp-speed. The best stuff is from the early seventies, when the murky, basic production and tight rhythm section set up a selection of exciting guitar thrashes. 2.1 A style of fast, loud, harsh-sounding rock music, combining elements of punk and heavy metal. 鞭击金属，激流金属（融合了重金属乐和朋克音乐的快节奏、吵闹刺耳的摇滚乐） Example sentencesExamples They also offer doom metal, death metal, thrash metal, power metal and black metal. When we started, thrash metal was still really underground. There are also elements of thrash metal, cock rock and pop punk. Regarded by many as the album that started thrash metal, it was fast and furious and it is no wonder that many regard it as the greatest thrash / heavy album - the father of them all. Their latest album is proof of this, smelting the finest elements of thrash, death and black metal and ruthlessly pouring the molten result down your throat. One of the most distinctive guitarists of the punk generation, his searing, choking guitar lines lift the songs above the thrash punk anthems they would later become. The evening starts off with live music, then moves on to a mixture of accessible indie tunes - the night is thankfully light on the angry teen, thrash metal side, focussing instead on alternative anthems of the last ten years. It involves him playing loud thrash metal music late at night, or joining a group of Dublin youngsters in a joy-riding escapade. I think it's kind of cool that thrash metal fans can get a chance to check out for the first time bands that helped lay down the roots. If we were doing thrash metal, we would definitely dress the part. It may be their collective hardcore or thrash metal backgrounds. While musically competent, these guys display no particular distinction, and the thrash guitar leads are pretty basic. She abruptly broke off the conversation to ask a man browsing through the thrash metal section if he could find what he was looking for. From what sounds like an amalgamation of hardcore and thrash metal, any promising musical ability is then shrouded by the raspy rap-rattled-off vocals, which are then accompanied by a dominating rhythm. To reach the stage that they were at by 1991 is a long convoluted story involving several superb thrash metal albums on different small labels, each album selling more than the last. During a period in the 1990s, reggae music went through a period called ‘bashment’, which was very angry, shouting unmelodic rants, similar to thrash metal in the US. They jumped into the thrash metal game very late, when it was spiraling back into the underground. It's simple, straight ahead thrash metal that gets repetitive fast. Neither is formal beauty a universally shared musical value, as much as film music or thrash metal are deliberately ugly. The four-lad outfit turned in a stunning thrash metal performance complete with guitar posturing and indecipherable lyrics delivered in a satanic growl. Phrasal Verbs thrash something out Discuss something thoroughly and honestly. 反复（或彻底）讨论 Example sentencesExamples Guys are willing to thrash things out with each other when there are conflicts. It is a complex process but it also ensures everyone has their say and matters are thrashed out in detail. Two separate oral hearings are to be scheduled for approximately 6 weeks time when the grievances of all parties will be thrashed out before adjudicating panels. What I'm getting at is that you seem have a bone to pick with me of late, and we should thrash it out before it becomes a problem. And, in the weeks and months that followed, the pros and cons were thrashed out and re-examined and discussed and analysed until there was nothing left to say. I want to get all the staff members involved in my case to come together to thrash it out. But I'm never going to thrash it out with them because they think my taste in music appalling so I never talk to them. He and Murdoch are due to meet next week to thrash things out. A spokesman for the minister said these issues would be thrashed out in the coming weeks. We needed to thrash those issues out. Synonyms resolve, settle, sort out, straighten out, iron out, reconcile, disentangle, clarify, clear up, talk through, confer about, debate, exchange views about, exchange views on, chew over, air, ventilate, argue out, argue the pros and cons of produce, come to a decision on, work out, form a resolution about, negotiate, agree on, bring about, complete, accomplish, carry through, effect Origin Old English, variant of thresh (an early sense). Current senses of the noun date from the mid 19th century. verb.1 phr.v.
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