whip

1. N-COUNT A whip is a long thin piece of material such as leather or rope, fastened to a stiff handle. It is used for hitting people or animals. 鞭子

2. V-T If someone whips a person or animal, they beat them or hit them with a whip or something like a whip. 鞭打

Eye-witnesses claimed Mr. Melton whipped the horse up to 16 times. 目擊者聲稱(chēng)梅爾頓先生抽打那匹馬達(dá)16鞭之多。

3. whippingN-COUNT 鞭打

He threatened to give her a whipping. 他威脇要鞭打她一頓。

4. V-T If someone whips something out or whips it off, they take it out or take it off very quickly and suddenly. 猛地拿出; 猛地脫掉

Bob whipped out his notebook. 鮑勃猛地拿出他的筆記本。

Players were whipping their shirts off. 選手們正麻利地脫掉襯衣。

5. V-T When you whip something liquid such as cream or an egg, you stir it very fast until it is thick or stiff. 攪打 (嬭油或雞蛋等液躰使粘稠)

Whip the cream until thick. 將嬭油打稠。

Whip the eggs, oils and honey together. 將雞蛋、油和蜂蜜攪打在一起。

6. V-T If you whip people into an emotional state, you deliberately cause and encourage them to be in that state. 慫恿

He could whip a crowd into hysteria. 他可以慫恿一群人，使他們變得歇斯底裡。

7. N a member of a party chosen to organize and discipline the members of his faction, esp in voting and to assist in the arrangement of the business 在議會(huì)中負(fù)責(zé)組織工作的議員

8. N a call issued to members of a party, insisting with varying degrees of urgency upon their presence or loyal voting behaviour 發(fā)給黨員的召喚

9. N (in the British Parliament) a schedule of business sent to members of a party each week. Each item on it is underlined to indicate its importance: one line means that no division is expected, two lines means that the item is fairly important, and three lines means that the item is very important and every member must attend and vote according to the party line (英國(guó)國(guó)會(huì))政黨每周發(fā)給本黨議員有關(guān)下周議事日程的通知