batter /ˈbætə/ CET6 TEM4 ( battering, battered, batters )

• 1. 

  V-T To batter someone means to hit them many times, using fists or a heavy object. 连续猛击 (某人)

  例：

  The passengers were battered by flying luggage and cargo as the cabin lost pressure.

  当机舱失去压力时，乘客们受到飞落的行李和货物连续猛击。

  例：

  A karate expert battered a man to death.

  一位空手道高手将一名男子猛击致死。

• 2. 

  battered ADJ 遭殴打的

  例：

  Her battered body was discovered in a field.

  她被殴打过的尸体在一块地里被发现了。

• 3. 

  V-T If someone is battered, they are regularly hit and badly hurt by a member of their family or by their partner. 虐待

  例：

  ...evidence that the child was being battered.

  …这个孩子正遭虐待的证据。

  例：

  ...boys who witness fathers battering their mothers.

  …亲眼目睹父亲虐待他们母亲的男孩们。

• 4. 

  battering N-UNCOUNT 虐待

  例：

  Leaving the relationship does not mean that the battering will stop.

  脱离了这种关系并不意味着虐待会停止。

• 5. 

  V-T If a place is battered by wind, rain, or storms, it is seriously damaged or affected by very bad weather. (风、雨或风暴等的) 袭击 [usu passive]

  例：

  The country has been battered by winds of between fifty and seventy miles an hour.

  这个国家一直受到时速50至70英里大风的袭击。

• 6. 

  V-T If you batter something, you hit it many times, using your fists or a heavy object. 连续猛击

  例：

  They were battering the door, they were trying to break in.

  他们连续击门，试图破门而入。

• 7. 

  N-VAR Batter is a mixture of flour, eggs, and milk that is used in cooking. (面粉、蛋和牛奶混合成的) 糊

  例：

  ...pancake batter.

  …做薄煎饼的面糊。

• 8. 

  N-COUNT In sports such as baseball and softball, a batter is a person who hits the ball with a wooden bat. 击球员

  例：

  ...batters and pitchers.

  …击球员和投球手们。

• 9. 

  N the slope of the face of a wall that recedes gradually backwards and upwards (墙面的)斜坡

• 10. 

  V to have such a slope 形成坡度

• 11. 

  N a spree or debauch 狂欢或放荡

• 12. 

  → see also battered, battering