词汇精选：thrash的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：
n.
拍打；打水，踢水动作
打谷
[航]逆行，逆风浪行进
v.
使逆行 [T]
例句：
The ship thrashed to windward.
船顶风破浪行进。
打谷，脱粒 [I,T]
例句：
The gale made the branches of the trees thrash against the windows.
大风吹得树枝猛击窗户。
例句：
I'm afraid you have to thrash out that question among yourselves.
我看那个问题还得由你们自己协商解决。
徒劳地努力，白忙 [I]
例句：
They thrashed the matter without reaching a conclusion.
他们对这件事进行了反复研讨还没得出结论。
猛烈摆动；拍打 [I]
例句：
The swordfish, when wounded, jump out of the water and thrash about.
剑鱼受伤后，会跳出水面,身子不断摆动。
例句：
Jimmy collapsed on the floor, thrashing his legs about like an injured racehorse.
吉米瘫倒在地板上，像匹受伤的赛马一样拼命踢蹬着双腿。
痛打，责打 [T]
例句：
He threatened to thrash the life out of me.
他恐吓说要打死我。
例句：
Of course it is out of the question that Johnson should thrash Wolf Larsen.
约翰森当然不会痛打海狼赖生的。
彻底打败 [T]
例句：
Second-placed Rangers thrashed St Johnstone 5-nil.
排名第二的流浪者队以 5： 0 大胜圣约翰斯通队。
例句：
Our team was thrashed eighteen-nil.
我们队以0比18惨败。
二、词义辨析：
beat,strike,hit,thrash,whip
这些动词均含有“打”之意。beat普通用词，含义广泛，指连续打击。游戏、竞赛或战争中作打败解。strike普通用词，多指急速或突然一次猛击。hit普通用词，常与strike换用，侧重有目标的猛击，强调用力击中。thrash侧重指用棍子或鞭子等痛打。whip多指用鞭子抽打。
三、相关短语：
thrash out
v. 研究解决
四、参考例句：
She would never thrash her children.
她绝不会鞭打她的孩子。
Farmers used to thrash their wheat by hand.
农民过去用手打麦脱粒。
He threatened to thrash the life out of me.
他恐吓说要打死我。
If he refused to speak out the truth, thrash it out.
他若拒绝讲出实情，就打字实情。
Of course it is out of the question that Johnson should thrash Wolf Larsen.
约翰森当然不会痛打海狼赖生的。
We have got a very urgent priorities problem to thrash out.
我们有一个很紧迫的优先权问题得要解决。
The gale made the branches of the trees thrash against the windows.
大风吹得树枝猛击窗户。
I'm afraid you have to thrash out that question among yourselves.
我看那个问题还得由你们自己协商解决。
The swordfish, when wounded, jump out of the water and thrash about.
剑鱼受伤后，会跳出水面,身子不断摆动。
