beat

英 [biːt] 美 [biːt]

• v. 打；打败；跳动；敲打；战胜
• n. 拍子；敲打；心跳声
• adj. 精疲力尽的

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vi. (心脏等)跳动

   move regularly

2. vt. & vi. 接连地打击

   hit again and again

3. vt. 打败

   win a fight or game against others

n. (名词)

1. [C]敲打,敲打声

   a blow or a stroke made again and again

2. [U]跳动,悸动

   a single pulse

3. [S]节拍,拍子

   a measurement of time or accent in music

4. [U]常去之地

   an area or place regularly visited or traveled through

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 打，拍，敲，击
2. 打败，胜过，超过，获胜，比...更好，赛过，赢
3. 锤平，锤薄，敲平（金属），锤打
4. 跳动，扑动，悸动，搏动，有节奏地跳动或发声
5. 连打，敲打，拍打，击打， 猛击
6. 吹，吹打
7. 晒
8. 射
9. 冲击
10. 控制
11. 搅拌
12. 踏出，劈出
13. <口>使困惑，难倒
14. 抢在…之前
15. <美><口>行骗
16. 搅成糊状
17. 击鼓
18. 被敲奏，使振动
19. 艰难地前进
20. 避免，逃避
21. 搜索
22. 滴答作响

n. 名词

1. 跳动，悸动
2. 【音】拍子，节拍
3. 敲打（声）
4. 滴答声
5. 鼓声
6. 巡逻区域
7. 常去之地
8. 一次巡逻任务
9. 游猎区域
10. 【物】拍
11. 差拍
12. 脉冲
13. 强音
14. 占先，抢先
15. 胜过他人的优点

adj. 形容词

1. 疲乏的，累极的，筋疲力尽的，疲倦的，精疲力竭的
2. 颓废的，垂头丧气的
3. 属于"垮掉的一代"的
4. 完了，垮掉，垮了的
5. <美口>大吃一惊的
6. 穷困潦倒的，破产的，败落的
7. 与20世纪50年代的波西米亚年轻人有关的
8. 破损的
9. 和假冒或仿制毒品相关的（毒品相关用语）

英英释义

Noun:

1. a regular route for a sentry or policeman;

   "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name"
   

2. the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart;

   "he could feel the beat of her heart"
   

3. the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music;

   "the piece has a fast rhythm"
   "the conductor set the beat"
   

4. a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations

5. a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior

6. the sound of stroke or blow;

   "he heard the beat of a drum"
   

7. (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

8. a regular rate of repetition;

   "the cox raised the beat"
   

9. a stroke or blow;

   "the signal was two beats on the steam pipe"
   

10. the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing

Adjective:

1. very tired;

   "was all in at the end of the day"
   "so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere"
   "bushed after all that exercise"
   "I'm dead after that long trip"
   

Verb:

1. come out better in a competition, race, or conflict;

   "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"
   "We beat the competition"
   "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
   

2. give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression;

   "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"
   "The teacher used to beat the students"
   

3. hit repeatedly;

   "beat on the door"
   "beat the table with his shoe"
   

4. move rhythmically;

   "Her heart was beating fast"
   

5. shape by beating;

   "beat swords into ploughshares"
   

6. make a rhythmic sound;

   "Rain drummed against the windshield"
   "The drums beat all night"
   

7. glare or strike with great intensity;

   "The sun was beating down on us"
   

8. move with a thrashing motion;

   "The bird flapped its wings"
   "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky"
   

9. sail with much tacking or with difficulty;

   "The boat beat in the strong wind"
   

10. stir vigorously;

    "beat the egg whites"
    "beat the cream"
    

11. strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music;

    "beat one's breast"
    "beat one's foot rhythmically"
    

12. be superior;

    "Reading beats watching television"
    "This sure beats work!"
    

13. avoid paying;

    "beat the subway fare"
    

14. make a sound like a clock or a timer;

    "the clocks were ticking"
    "the grandfather clock beat midnight"
    

15. move with a flapping motion;

    "The bird's wings were flapping"
    

16. indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks;

    "Beat the rhythm"
    

17. move with or as if with a regular alternating motion;

    "the city pulsated with music and excitement"
    

18. make by pounding or trampling;

    "beat a path through the forest"
    

19. produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly;

    "beat the drum"
    

20. strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting

21. beat through cleverness and wit;

    "I beat the traffic"
    "She outfoxed her competitors"
    

22. be a mystery or bewildering to;

    "This beats me!"
    "Got me--I don't know the answer!"
    "a vexing problem"
    "This question really stuck me"
    

23. wear out completely;

    "This kind of work exhausts me"
    "I'm beat"
    "He was all washed up after the exam"
    

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. His father beat the disobedient boy.
   他的父亲打那个不听话的男孩。
2. If we don't prepare for the speech contest, they will beat us.
   如果这场演讲比赛我们不做好准备的话,他们就会打败我们。
3. He's alive；his heart is still beating.
   他还活著－－心脏还在跳。
4. They beat drums to cheer up the players.
   他们擂鼓给运动员加油。
5. Had it not been for the PLA, we wouldn't have been able to beat the flood.
   要不是人民解放军,我们是无法战胜洪水的。

用作名词 (n.)

1. Every member of the band must follow the beat.
   乐队的每个成员都必须跟着拍子演奏。
2. We heard the beat of a drum.
   我们听见敲鼓的声音。
3. When you're close to me, I can feel your heart beat.
   当你走近我的身旁,我能感觉你的心跳。

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. I am completely beat.
   我累极了。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. My pulse beats normally.
   我脉搏正常。
2. His heart was still beating.
   他的心脏还在跳动。
3. At 2:25 p.m. his heart ceased to beat.
   在下午两点二十五分他的心脏停止了跳动。
4. His heart stopped beating.
   他的心脏停止了跳动。
5. After the injection his heart began to beat again.
   打这针后,他的心脏又跳起来了。
6. The drums beat loudly.
   鼓声大作。
7. These eggs beat well.
   这些蛋能打出许多泡沫。
8. The bird is beating feebly.
   那只鸟的翅膀在无力地扑扇着。
9. The rain was beating on the windows.
   雨水敲打着窗子。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. She tried to beat the mosquitoes away.
   她想把蚊子赶走。
2. He was beating a drum.
   他正在打鼓。
3. Somebody was beating the door.
   有人在敲门。
4. His father beat him for being disobedient.
   他父亲因为他不听话而打他。
5. It is wrong to beat others.
   打人是不对的。
6. I can beat you in swimming.
   在游泳上我要胜你一筹。
7. His policy was to beat each enemy in turn.
   他的方针是各个击破。
8. Only by working together can we beat the Sand Tiger.
   只有大家一起干,才能制服沙老虎。
9. Their team beat ours by a large score.
   他们队以大比分打败了我们队。
10. They beat us in a match.
    在一次比赛中他们把我们打败了。
11. This book beats all others in length.
    这本书比其他所有的书都长。
12. A problem has beaten me.
    一个问题使我束手无策了。
13. He beat his way through the crowd.
    他从人群中挤了过去。
14. The soldiers had to beat a way through the undergrowth.
    战士们不得不在灌木丛中开辟出一条路来。
15. The police beat the town for the fugitive.
    警察在镇上搜捕那个逃犯。
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16. The poor boy was beaten until he was black and blue.
    那可怜的孩子被打得青一块紫一块的。
17. They were frequently cursed and beaten by the employer.
    他们常受雇主的打骂。
18. The aggressors were badly beaten.
    侵略者被打得焦头烂额。
19. Are you beaten by a problem like that?
    难道那样一个问题就使你束手无策了?

S+～+ n./pron. +to- v

1. He beat his wife to let her obey his orders.
   他打了他的妻子好让她听他的话。
2. She beat the quilt to make it soft.
   她敲打被子好使它松软。
3. She was beating the rug to clean it.
   她在敲打地毯使其干净。
4. They beat hard a big drum to urge the soldiers on.
   他们拼命敲一面大鼓,催促士兵前进。
5. Jack beat Tom to win the game.
   杰克在游戏中战胜了汤姆。
6. Father beat Bob to punish him.
   父亲为了惩罚鲍勃而打了他。
7. Let's beat our brains to find a solution.
   让我们开动脑筋找出解决的办法。

It ～s n./pron. +that/wh-clause

1. It beats me that they turned down the invitation.
   他们拒绝接受邀请使我大惑不解。
2. It beats me how he did it.
   我简直不明白这件事他是怎么做的。

用作宾补动词

S+～+ n./pron. + n./adj.

1. They beat the silver thin.
   他们把那块银打薄。
2. Tom's boss often beats him black and blue.
   汤姆的老板常把他打得青一块紫一块的。
3. The enemy soldier beat the peasant bloody.
   敌军士兵把那农民打得血淋淋。
4. Can you beat him dead at one blow?
   你能一拳将他打死吗?
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5. He was beaten black and blue by the employer.
   他被雇主打得青一块紫一块的。

S+～+ n./pron. + v -ing

1. They beat the pickpocket bleeding.
   他们把小偷打得流血了。

用作名词 (n.)

1. It was one beat of the drum every 60 seconds.
   那是每60秒敲一次的鼓。
2. We heard the beat of a drum.
   我们听见击鼓声。
3. The room resounded with each beat of the gong.
   这间屋子回荡着阵阵锣声。
4. The heart makes from seventy to eighty beats a minute.
   心脏每分钟跳70至80次。
5. His heart beats were getting weaker.
   他的心跳逐渐减弱。
6. A good dancer never misses a beat.
   善于跳舞的人从不跳漏一拍。
7. Every member of the band must follow the beat very closely.
   乐队的每个成员都必须紧紧跟上拍子。
8. The music had the familiar beat of a waltz.
   这音乐有熟悉的华尔兹节奏。
9. English grammar is out of my beat.
   我不熟悉英语语法。
10. She goes out on the City Hall beat for the evening paper at 3 every afternoon.
    她每天下午3时前往她所负责采访的市政厅为晚报采访新闻。

经典引文

• The measured beat of the waters against the sides of the boat.

  出自： E. Gaskell

• The dry, dust-laden air vibrated steadily to the rapid beat of the engine.

  出自： W. Faulkner

• One of the telegraphs was ringing the call-attention beat.

  出自： J. Masters

• Her heart slowed a little and then made speed for a dozen beats or so.

  出自： S. King

• I was too beat and hazy to take anything in.

  出自： P. Frankau

• At what hour they may beat the door of an acquaintance.

  出自： S. Johnson

• Then I beat my fist on a stone, forcing myself to speak calmly.

  出自： J. Rhys

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

beat about (v.+adv.)

焦急搜索,找寻 search anxiously
beat about
The swimmer beat about in the water, trying not to drown.

那位游泳者在水中四处拍水,以免沉没。 beat about
After being in the water for six hours, the ship beat about and sailed for home.

出航六小时后,那船掉转船头,开始返航。 beat about for sb/sth
They were beating about for him.

他们正在多方寻找他。
The prisoner beat about for a way of escape.

那囚犯焦急地寻找一条逃跑之路。
They found the book at last, but not before they beat about for nearly a day.

他们到处找了将近一天,最后才把这本书找到。
We beat about for a solution to the problem.

我们多方寻找解决这个问题的办法。

beat about〔around〕 the bush

拐弯抹角；旁敲侧击delay talking about or considering the most important part of a subject

beat against( v.+prep. )

敲打,甩打; 连续敲打 beat (sb/sth) by hitting it on (sb/sth hard); hit (sb/sth) repeatedly
beat against sb/sth
The wind and rain were beating against us.

风雨拍打在我们的身上。
The rain was beating against the windows.

雨点正敲打着窗户。
The ship beats against the wind.

这船逆风前进。 beat sth against sth
My grandmother used to clean her mats by beating them against the wall of the house.

以前我祖母清理席垫的办法是将它们在屋壁上甩打。

beat at( v.+prep. )

在某人擅长的方面胜过他 do better than sb in his own field of activity
beat at sth
The visitors beat at the door until he answered.

来客使劲敲门,直到他应了才停止。 beat sb at sth
The other village always beats our team at cricket.

另一个村的板球队在比赛中总是击败我们队。 beat sb at sth
By winning a prize for writing,Tom beat his teacher at his won game.

汤姆获得一项写作奖,比他的老师还强。

beat back( v.+adv. )

击退 force to go back
beat sb/sth ⇔ back
They beat back the enemy's attack.

他们击退了敌人的进攻。
The soldiers beat back all the attacks of the enemy.

士兵们击退了敌人的一切进攻。
They were beaten back.

他们被打败了。

beat down( v.+adv. )

使沮丧,使失望 be depress or dispirited
beat down (on sth)
The sun beats down all day.

太阳整天照射。
The sun beat down mercilessly on the dry earth.

阳光无情地照射在干旱的大地上。 beat sb/sth ⇔ down
The heavy rain beat all the crops down.

大雨毁坏了所有的农作物。
He was beaten down by his opponent.

他被他的对手击败了。
The crops were beaten down by heavy rain.

庄稼被暴雨冲倒了。
The wheat had been beaten down by the rain.

麦子被雨打倒了。
All their defenses were beaten down by the tanks.

他们的所有防御工事都被坦克给毁坏了。 beat sb/sth ⇔ down
Can we beat down the price?

我们能把价压下来吗?
Competition should beat the price down.

竞争会压低价格。
He wanted fifteen cents but I beat down the price to ten.

他要价一角五,我还价还到一角。
The man was asking ￡5 for the dress, but I beat him down to ￡4.50.

那人要五镑卖那件衣服,我杀价后以四镑五十便士成交。
He wanted ￡800 for the car but I beat him down to ￡600.

那部车他索价800镑,但我把他的价钱杀到600镑。 beat sb/sth ⇔ down
They beat down every attempt to liberalize the press.

他们压制了一切新闻报道自由化的意图。 beat sb/sth ⇔ down
Until his friend's arrival,Tom was thoroughly beaten down and wretched.

汤姆在他的朋友来到之前,感到极度的沮丧和失望。

beat in( v.+adv. )

把(某人)打伤; 把(某物)砸坏 wound or damage (sb or sth) by hitting

beat into( v.+prep. )

灌输,反复教给 teach repeatedly

beat it

跑开，滚开go away (in a hurry); get out quickly

beat off( v.+adv. )

击退,打退(敌人等) be able to drive (an enemy, etc.) back
beat sb/sth ⇔ off
The citizens beat off the first attack but later were defeated.

市民们击退了第一次进攻,但后来还是被打败了。
We had to beat off two nasty little dogs before we could get to the door.

我们要赶走两条小恶狗才能到门口。
The old man tried to beat the mosquitoes off.

老人想把蚊子驱赶走。
We beat our enemies' heads off in the fight.

在战斗中我们大获全胜。
The enemy's attack was beaten off.

敌人的攻势被击退了。

beat out( v.+adv. )

筋疲力尽 feel tired
beat sth ⇔ out
The local people had beaten out a path through the forest.

当地人踩出了一条穿过森林的小道。
The dish was made of silver, beaten out by hand.

这盘子是银制的,是手工打造的。 beat out sth on sth
He beat out a tune on a tin can.

他在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。
Beat out that tune on a drum.

用鼓敲出那调子。
The natives send news over long distances by beating out a message on a hollow log.

土著人用敲击空心木杆的办法向远方传送消息。 beat sb/sth ⇔ out
All the people from the village gathered branches and beat the fire out.

全村人都敛集树枝,把火扑灭了。 beat sb ⇔ out
She was thoroughly beaten out by the work.

工作使她筋疲力尽。

beat to( v.+prep. )

抢先于(某人)达到目标 defeat (sb) by reaching (an aim) first

beat up( v.+adv. )

〈美俚〉痛殴,毒打(某人); 突然袭击 wound (sb) severely by hitting
beat up
When a favourable wind came, we were able to beat up.

风一顺,我们就能扬帆行驶。 beat sth ⇔ up
Beat up the eggs before you add the flour.

把鸡蛋搅匀后再加面粉。
She beat the eggs up.

她把鸡蛋打好了。 beat sb/sth ⇔ up
They charged in and started beating us up.

他们冲了进来对我们大打出手。
Order was received, that we should make a night march and beat up the enemy's quarters.

已经接到命令,要我们夜行军奇袭敌人营地。
Be careful not to be beaten up by the enemy.

当心别遭敌人暗算。

用作名词 (n.)

get a beat on

抢(某人)上风 get win

in beat

合拍 follow the beat

off one's beat

超出某人熟悉的范围 out of place of sb well know

on the beat

在巡逻中 be on patrol duty

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• beat a carpet 拍打地毯
• beat a drought 战胜旱灾
• beat a drum 击鼓
• beat a military march 奏军队进行曲
• beat a path 劈出一条路来
• beat a record 打破纪录,打破前例
• beat a retreat 仓皇撤退,逃走,打退堂鼓
• beat a snake 把蛇打死
• beat a table 捶桌子
• beat a tree 拍打树让果子掉下来
• beat all others in length 比其他的都长
• beat chalk dust 拍打粉笔灰
• beat drums and gongs 敲锣打鼓
• beat flies 拍打苍蝇
• beat one's brains 冥思苦想,苦苦思索
• beat one's breast 捶胸悲叹
• beat one's foot 以脚跺地
• beat one's gums 〈美俚〉唠叨,饶舌
• beat one's head against a wall 碰壁,徒劳无益
• beat one's way 〈美俚〉无票乘车
• beat sb black and blue 被打得浑身青紫
• beat sb hollow 完全胜过
• beat the air 吃力不讨好地做,白费劲地做事
• beat the bushes 到处搜寻
• beat the daylights out 打得…昏天黑地,打得…失去知觉
• beat the devil's tattoo (焦急不安时)用手指敲桌子
• beat the drum 大肆宣传,大肆谈论
• beat the dust 拍打尘土
• beat the Dutch 〈口〉非常吃惊,叫人吃惊,空前出众
• beat the eggs 打鸡蛋
• beat the gun 发令枪未响就起跑,偷跑
• beat the mosquitoes away 把蚊子赶跑
• beat the quilt 拍打被子
• beat the rap 〈美俚〉逃脱,(承担)刑事责任〔惩罚〕
• beat the shore (海浪)拍岸
• beat the truth 探出真情
• beat the world record 打破世界纪录
• beat time 打拍子
• beat the visiting team 打败客队
• beat waist drums 打腰鼓
• beat wings 扑动翅膀

～+副词

• beat fast 跳动迅速
• beat hard 猛打
• beat high (心跳)过速
• beat slow (心跳)过慢
• beat audibly 有响声地敲打
• beat boisterously 兴高采烈地敲打
• beat brutally 毒打
• beat burningly 热烈地敲打
• beat continuously 不停地敲
• beat easily 易打破
• beat feebly 无力地扑扇
• beat furiously 剧烈跳动
• beat horribly 可怕地敲打
• beat impatiently 不耐烦地敲打
• beat incessantly 不停地敲打,频繁地敲打
• beat joyously 高兴地敲打
• beat languidly 无精打采地敲打
• beat lazily 懒散地敲打
• beat lightly 轻轻地敲打
• beat loudly 鼓声大作
• beat manifestly 显示地敲打
• beat mercilessly 冷酷无情地敲打
• beat merrily 愉快地敲打
• beat nervously 心神不宁地击打
• beat pleasantly 兴奋地敲打
• beat proportionately 和谐地敲打
• beat rapidly 迅速扑动
• beat regularly 跳动正常
• beat rhythmically 有节奏地打
• beat separately 分开打…
• beat strenuously 用力地敲打
• beat thoroughly 投入地敲打
• beat uncontrollably 无法控制地敲打
• beat unmercifully 无情地敲打
• beat youthfully 英姿焕发地敲打
• beat about 四处拍打
• beat away 赶走
• beat the mosquitoes away 把蚊子赶走
• beat back 迫使…后退
• beat back all the attacks of the enemy 打退敌人的所有进攻
• beat down 压倒,毁坏,打败,镇压,使沮丧,使失望,(烈日)照射,杀价
• beat in 打进,敲入,打破,砸碎
• beat off 打退…,赶走,击退
• beat off an attack 击退一次进攻
• beat sb head off 打得某人焦头烂额,彻底打败某人
• beat out 踏出,击败,使筋疲力尽
• beat out a big fire 扑灭大火
• beat out a path in the snow 在雪中踏出一条路
• beat out jazz 奏爵士音乐
• beat out metal with a hammer 用铁锤把金属锤薄
• beat up 搅匀,将某人痛打一顿,召集
• beat up against a monsoon 逆着季风行驶
• beat up against the storm 顶着风暴前进
• beat up eggs 搅打鸡蛋
• beat up recruits 征募新兵

～+介词

• beat about the bush 转弯抹角地说,旁敲侧击
• beat along the coast (船)沿着海岸顶风航行
• beat against 拍打…
• beat against a wall 撞在墙上,白费劲,徒劳无益
• beat against the windows (雨水)敲打窗户
• beat around the bush 转弯抹角地说,旁敲侧击
• beat at 大声敲(门等)
• beat at the door 使劲敲门
• beat sb in argument 在辩论中驳倒某人
• beat into 把…敲进,把…打成…,向(某人)灌输
• beat sb into fits 轻易地打败某人
• beat gold into goldleaf 把金子锤成金箔
• beat sb into insensibility 把某人打昏过去
• beat facts into sb's head 把事实硬灌进某人的脑袋里,反复教给
• beat a stake into the ground 把桩子打进地里
• beat sb on the head 打某人的头部
• beat to 把…打成…,抢先于(某人)达到目标
• beat sb to a mummy 把某人打得稀烂,把某人打得半死
• beat sb to death 把某人打死
• beat sb to his knees 把某人打得屈膝投降
• beat sb to it 挫某人的锐气,抢先
• beat sb to sticks 彻底打败某人,完全胜过某人
• beat sb to the draw 抢在某人之前拔出武器,抢在某人之前行动
• beat sb to the punch 抢在某人之前拔出武器,抢在某人之前行动
• beat with one's fist 用拳头打

用作名词 (n.)

形容词+～

• dynamic beat 有力的敲打
• familiar beat 熟悉的敲打
• impatient beat 不耐烦的敲打
• incessant beat 不停的敲打
• receding beat 渐渐消失的敲击
• rhythmic beat 有节奏的敲打
• steady beat 保持一定节奏的敲打

名词+～

• heart beat 心跳

介词+～

• on the beat 巡逻
• out of one's beat 不熟悉

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. beat用作动词的基本意思是“打”,指连续的击打,其目的一般是加害或惩罚他人,击打动作则迅速而有序,一般不指明使用的器具。引申可表示娱乐场合或比赛中“打败”“战胜”“胜过”; 还可表示“难倒”“使无法解答”。
2. beat还可指心脏等有节律的舒张与收缩、跳动或使某物不停地上下动、拍动。
3. beat作“击打”解时主语一般为人,宾语可为人,也可为物; 作“拍打”解时,主语多为风、雨、海浪等名词。“拍打在…(地方)”则用at, on, against等引起的介词短语。当作“战胜”“胜过”解时,其主语多为team一类的名词,当作“难倒”“使无法解答”解时,其主语则为problem等。beat还可指劈荆斩棘、开辟道路或踏出一条路。
4. beat可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时,可接名词或代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。
5. beat可接以名词、形容词、副词或介词短语充当补足语的复合宾语,意思是“打成…”。
6. beat的过去分词可以是beat或beaten,但beat现在一般只用于形容词或非正式英语中,意思是“很疲乏”或指五六十年代的“奇装异服的”,其他场合一律用beaten。

n. (名词)

1. beat用作名词的基本意思是“敲打”,也可指“敲打声”,即有节奏地连续击打、敲打或指敲打时发出的声音,还可作“拍子”解,指音乐节奏的拍子。引申可表示“常去之地”,指过去访问过或游览过的地方。
2. beat还可指“跳动”“悸动”,即心脏、脉搏等的一次跳动。
3. beat作“拍子”解时,一般用于单数形式,其前须加定冠词the。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

beat, buffet, hit, knock, strike

• 这组词都可以表示“打”。其区别是：
• 1.buffet和beat都可指“有意地打”。knock和strike既可表示有意地“打”,也可表示无意地“撞”。例如:
• We were buffeting a storm.
• 我们正与暴风雨搏斗。
• The fall knocked me senseless.
• 那一次摔得我失去了知觉。
• The child's head struck against the door.
• 孩子的头撞在门上。
• 2.buffet表示连续猛击; beat指用棍、棒等连续击打; hit指对准某一目标去“打”; strike指徒手或持物一次性地打击。例如:
• The waves buffeted the shore.
• 浪拍打着海岸。
• The missile hit the carrier but only dented the hull.
• 这枚导弹击中了航空母舰,但只是把 舰体打凹了。
• His fist struck home.
• 他一拳正中要害处。
• 3.hit引申为“攻击”“抨击”“受打击”,也可以指精神上或感情上的“打击”; beat可指在游戏、竞赛或战争中击败对方,用作不及物动词时,可指心脏或脉搏的“跳动”; 而strike则可以用于时钟敲响。例如:
• The reviewers hit his novel severely.
• 评论家们对他的小说批评得很严厉。
• This clock strikes on the hour.
• 这个钟报时。

beat, win

• 这两个词的共同意思是“赢”。其区别是：
• beat的宾语是对手,即表示人的名词或代词; 而win的宾语是比赛或奖品等,即表示物的名词或代词。例如:
• I beat her at swimming yesterday.
• 昨天游泳我赢了她。
• I won the match yesterday.
• 我赢了昨天那场比赛。

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。

conquer，overcome，overthrow，defeat，beat，subdue

• 这些动词均含“征服，战胜”之意。
• conquer侧重战胜和控制。书面用词。
• overcome多指战胜或克服非物质的东西，如困难和不良习惯等。语气较弱也可指在斗争或竞争中战胜或压倒对方。
• overthrow指彻底击败对手，使其丧失力量和地位。
• defeat普通用词，多指在战争、比赛、竞选或辩论中战胜对手，侧重胜利的暂时性。
• beat口笔语均可用，可与defeat换用。
• subdue正式用词，与conquer同义，但强调失败后的臣服状态；也可用作借喻，表克制、压抑感情、欲望等。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的beatan，意为猛击，敲打。

近反义词

【近义词】

• hit
• pound
• pulsate
• pulse
• strike
• thrash
• throb
• conquer
• defeat
• overcome
• pulsation
• pulse
• strike
• throb