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词汇 gut-punch
释义 gut punch
noun[ C ]
mainly US(alsogutpunch)uk /ˈɡʌt ˌpʌntʃ/ us /ˈɡʌt ˌpʌntʃ/
a hard hit to the stomach:
The team had a player who would deliberately throw gut punches instead of attempting to tackle his opposite number.
something that shocks and upsets you very much:
I was totally floored when I heard what happened - it was a gut punch.
something that badly damages or harms something or someone:
There were other ways the company could have handled this without throwing a gut punch to suppliers.
His words felt like a gutpunch.
It's one more gut punch from the university.
It is a gut punch that hits far too close to recent wounds for my own comfort.
Seeing your child sick, in hospital, is such a gut punch.
Billions of birds have vanished from the sky in what scientists are calling an ecological gut punch.
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