beat·ing
noun/ˈbiːtɪŋ/
/ˈbiːtɪŋ/
Idioms - [countable] an act of hitting somebody hard and repeatedly, as a punishment or in a fight
狠打；揍；笞打 - to give somebody a beating
把某人揍一顿 - They caught him and gave him a violent beating.
他们抓住他一顿暴打。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- brutal
- savage
- severe
- …
- get
- receive
- suffer
- …
- to give somebody a beating
- [countable] (informal) a very heavy defeat
惨败；严重受挫 - The team has taken a few beatings this season.
本赛季该队已经几次严重受挫。
- The team has taken a few beatings this season.
- [uncountable] a series of regular hits to something such as a drum, or movements of something, such as your heart; the sound that this makes
有规律的敲打（声）；有节奏的运动（声） - He could hear the beating of his own heart.
他听得到自己的心跳。 - the beating of drums/wings
敲鼓声；翅膀的拍打声
- He could hear the beating of his own heart.
Idioms
take some beating
- (British English) to be difficult to do better than or be better than
难以超越 - As a place to live, Oxford takes some beating.
就居住环境而论，牛津市是个难得的好地方。
- As a place to live, Oxford takes some beating.