| 词汇 | shellacking |
| 释义 | shellacking noun[ Cusually singular ] USinformaluk /ʃəˈlæk.ɪŋ//ˈʃel.æk.ɪŋ/ us /ʃəˈlæk.ɪŋ//ˈʃel.æk.ɪŋ/ a complete defeat: 彻底的失败 The Dodgers took a shellacking (= were defeated by many points).道奇队遭到彻底的失败。 Winning and defeating annihilate annihilation bank be gunning for someoneidiom be one in the eye for someoneidiom convincing mincemeat moral victory move/go/close in for the killidiom near thing outclass sew slaughter sweep take someone down take someone to the cleaner'sidiom take something apart takedown thrash thrashing Examples of shellackingshellacking Be careful out there - enjoy the fresh shellacking of white. From Minneapolis Star Tribune I hasten to add it's also a well-deserved shellacking for all the pessimistic keyboard pundits of just a few weeks ago. From OregonLive.com Worth a laugh, maybe, but also churlish, especially given the shellacking his party took just a few months ago. From TIME A "shellacking" is an especially bad defeat. From Voice of America Shellacking of covers has been advocated by some librarians, but it is doubtful if it pays. From Project Gutenberg These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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