drub
/drʌb/verb
(drubbed, drubbing)with obj.
1- hit or beat (someone) repeatedly痛打。
1.1
- informal defeat thoroughly in a match or contest〈非正式〉(在比赛中)彻底击败, 完胜:
the Cleveland Indians drubbed Baltimore 9-0.
克利夫兰印第安人队以9比0大胜巴尔的摩队.
词源
early 17th cent.: probably from Arabic araba to 'beat, bastinado'. The first recorded uses in English are by travellers in the Near East referring specifically to the punishment of bastinado.