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- informal a physical beating〈非正式〉痛打：
they took off after him, caught him, and gave him a hiding.
他们追赶并捉住了他, 然后给他一顿痛打。
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- figurative a severe defeat〈喻〉惨败：
if they'd played badly they might have expected a hiding.
如果他们球打得糟糕的话, 也许就惨败了。
短语
be on a hiding to nothing
- Brit. be unlikely to succeed, or be unlikely to gain much advantage if one does〈英〉不可能成功; 成功了也没多大好处。
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