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pummel v.猛击；(用拳)接连地打；打击 (1) 强烈的飓风吹打着海岸。(2) 那孩子因其母带他回家而生气地捶打著母亲。(3) 另一方面，奥巴马认为麦凯恩提出的诱人的减税提案可能给联邦预算连续打击，一点不错。 The main sense of pummel is physical, but you can use it figuratively when something is taking a beating. During a stock market crash, the economy is being pummeled. A heavy rain can pummel the earth. If you get three bad math grades in a row, it feels like numbers themselves are pummeling you. When many bad things happen at once, it feels like you're being pummeled by life.

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英 ['pʌml] 美 ['pʌml] (1) Intense hurricane winds pummel the shoreline.(2) The child pummelled his mother angrily as she carried him home.(3) On the other hand, Mr Obama correctly reckons that the attractive tax cuts Mr. McCain proposes could pummel the federal budget. The best pummelers in the world are probably boxers, as to pummel means to repeatedly beat someone down, especially with fists. in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 pummeling, pummeled1[VERB 动词]连续猛击；反复拳打；捶打 If you pummel someone or something, you hit them many times using your fists.   [V n]He trapped Conn in a corner and pummeled him ferociously for thirty seconds.他将康恩逼进一个角落，用拳头暴打了他半分钟。

英语单词	pummel
英美音标	英 ['pʌml] 美 ['pʌml]
中文释义	v.猛击；(用拳)接连地打；打击
英语例句	(1) Intense hurricane winds pummel the shoreline. (2) The child pummelled his mother angrily as she carried him home. (3) On the other hand, Mr Obama correctly reckons that the attractive tax cuts Mr. McCain proposes could pummel the federal budget.
中文例句	(1) 强烈的飓风吹打着海岸。 (2) 那孩子因其母带他回家而生气地捶打著母亲。 (3) 另一方面，奥巴马认为麦凯恩提出的诱人的减税提案可能给联邦预算连续打击，一点不错。
vocabulary简明	The best pummelers in the world are probably boxers, as to pummel means to repeatedly beat someone down, especially with fists.
vocabulary扩展	The main sense of pummel is physical, but you can use it figuratively when something is taking a beating. During a stock market crash, the economy is being pummeled. A heavy rain can pummel the earth. If you get three bad math grades in a row, it feels like numbers themselves are pummeling you. When many bad things happen at once, it feels like you're being pummeled by life.
柯林斯解释	in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 pummeling, pummeled 1 [VERB 动词]连续猛击；反复拳打；捶打 If you pummel someone or something, you hit them many times using your fists. [V n] He trapped Conn in a corner and pummeled him ferociously for thirty seconds. 他将康恩逼进一个角落，用拳头暴打了他半分钟。

Pummel Fists Bad Feels Pummeled 英 Pʌml] 美 Pʌml