lash

柯林斯詞典

1. N-COUNT Your lashes are the hairs that grow on the edge of your upper and lower eyelids. 睫毛
...sombre grey eyes, with unusually long lashes. …憂鬱的灰眼睛，長著特長的睫毛。
2. V-T If you lash two or more things together, you tie one of them firmly to the other. 綑緊
Secure the anchor by lashing it to the rail. 把錨緊緊地綑在橫木上。
The shelter is built by lashing poles together to form a small dome. 該掩蔽処是把桿子綑到一起形成一個小圓頂而搭建成。
3. V-T/V-I If wind, rain, or water lashes someone or something, it hits them violently. (風、雨、水等) 猛襲[書麪]
The worst winter storms of the century lashed the east coast of North America. 本世紀最猛烈的暴風雪襲擊了北美的東海岸。
4. V-T/V-I If someone lashes you or lashes into you, they speak very angrily to you, criticizing you or saying you have done something wrong. 怒斥
She went quiet for a moment while she summoned up the words to lash him. 她沉默了一會兒，想了些話來怒斥他。
5. N-COUNT A lash is a blow with a whip, especially a blow on someone's back as a punishment. 鞭打
The villagers sentenced one man to five lashes for stealing a ham from his neighbour. 村民們判一個男人5下鞭刑，因爲他媮了一個鄰居的火腿。