单词详解 | whip

whip
音标
英音/ wɪp / 美音/ wɪp /

听听基本释意:

外刊例句
Mr. Emmer, the majority whip, dropped out four hours after he was nominated.
多数党党鞭埃默在获得提名四小时后退出。
Washington Times

Rep. Tom Emmer, the majority whip, needs roughly 217 GOP votes to win the speaker’s gavel.
多数党党鞭、众议员汤姆·埃默 (Tom Emmer) 需要大约 217 张共和党选票才能赢得议长席位。
Washington Times

Medical use is unaffected, and you will still be able to buy nitrous oxide as a propellant gas for whipped cream and other industrial purposes.
医疗用途不受影响,您仍然可以购买一氧化二氮作为搅打奶油和其他工业用途的推进剂气体。
BBC

基本释意
noun
an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping
鞭子,皮鞭;党鞭,政党纪律委员;(用鸡蛋、鲜奶油与水果混合制成的)甜品;书面通知;鞭打,抽打;<喻>鞭策物,刺激物;鞭状枝,鞭状植物;<美>(用于割某些庄稼的)长柄大镰刀,钐刀;<英>党员资格(the whip);定单绞辘;<非正式>车;(专管把离群猎狗赶回狗群的)猎人副手

同义词
lash,whiplash,flog,lash,lather,slash,strap,trounce,welt,lash,mop up,pip,rack up,worst,blister,scald,party whip,whisk

短释义
When you hit an animal with a whip, you whip it. Some animal rights activists object to horse racers using whips. You can also use this verb to mean “defeat by a lot,” like when your basketball team whips the opposing team. A chef whips cream by whisking or mixing it until it’s airy and frothy. If your teacher says he’s going to “crack the whip,” he means he’s planning to use his authority to make the class work harder. And, fittingly, a political whip is someone who enforces discipline among party members.
鞭子是用来击打动物或人的绳子或皮革,鞭打某物或某人就是用鞭子击打他们。你也可以象征性地鞭打对手或鞭打身材好的人。头晕了!

长释义
When you hit an animal with a whip, you whip it. Some animal rights activists object to horse racers using whips. You can also use this verb to mean “defeat by a lot,” like when your basketball team whips the opposing team. A chef whips cream by whisking or mixing it until it’s airy and frothy. If your teacher says he’s going to “crack the whip,” he means he’s planning to use his authority to make the class work harder. And, fittingly, a political whip is someone who enforces discipline among party members.
当你用鞭子打动物时,你就是鞭打它。一些动物权利活动人士反对赛马者使用鞭子。你也可以用这个动词来表示“惨败”,比如当你的篮球队击败对手时。厨师通过搅拌或混合来搅打奶油,直至其变得松软且起泡。如果你的老师说他要“开动鞭子”,他的意思是他打算利用他的权威让班级更加努力。而且,政治鞭子是在党员中执行纪律的人。

文学例句
He whipped around to see what had happened, but the bulk of the Berg was between him and the source of the noise.
他猛地转过身去看看发生了什么事,但博格号的大部分位于他和噪音源之间。
The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) by James Dashner

Smiling, he gained the saddle of his horse and whipped his horse along, thanking the old man, who rode with him now until they were out of sight and hearing.
他微笑着拿起马鞍,策马前行,向老人表示感谢,老人现在一直陪着他,直到他们看不见、听不见。
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury

Instantly he dropped the suitcases; he whipped out a plastic medicine bottle, which, like everyone else, he carried for just this.
他立刻扔下了手提箱。他拿出一个塑料药瓶,和其他人一样,他随身携带这个药瓶就是为了这个。
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick

词源
whip (v.)mid-13c., wippen “flap violently,” not in Old English, of uncertain origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wipjan “to move back and forth” (source also of Danish vippe “to raise with a swipe,” Middle Dutch, Dutch wippen “to swing,” Old High German wipf “swing, impetus”), from PIE root *weip- “to turn, vacillate, tremble.” “The senses of both [noun and verb] no doubt represent several independent adoptions or formations” [OED]. The cookery sense is from 1670s. Related: Whipped; whipping. Whip snake first recorded 1774, so called for its shape.Related entries & more

下面是词源的翻译(机器翻译比较难翻,参考着看)
鞭 (v.)mid-13c., wippen “猛烈地拍打”,不是古英语,来源不确定,最终源自原始日耳曼语 *wipjan “来回移动”(也源自丹麦语 vippe “用swipe,“中古荷兰语,荷兰语 wippen “摆动,”古高地德语 wipf “摆动,推动”),来自 PIE 根 *weip- “转动,动摇,颤抖。” “[名词和动词]的含义无疑代表了几种独立的采用或形成”[OED]。烹饪理念源自 1670 年代。相关:鞭打;鞭打。鞭蛇首次记录于 1774 年,因其形状而得名。相关条目及更多


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