flog
verb[T]
uk/flɒɡ/us/flɑːɡ/-gg-flogverb[T](PUNISH)
tobeatsomeone very hard with awhip(= along,thinpieceofrope,leather, etc.)or astick, as apunishment:
(作为惩罚)鞭笞,棒打Soldiers used to be flogged fordisobedience.过去士兵们会因不守军令而遭鞭笞。
Punishing by causing pain
- birch
- cane
- caning
- cat-o'-nine-tails
- corporal punishment
- flagellate
- lynch
- lynch law
- lynching
- mortification
- mortification of the fleshidiom
- paddle
- smack
- spanking
- thrashing
- thumbscrew
- waterboard
- waterboarding
- whip
- whipping
flogverb[T](SELL)
UKinformal
tosell,especiallyquicklyorcheaply:
(尤指迅速或廉价地)出售Hetriedto flog hisoldcar, but no one wouldbuyit.他想快点儿卖掉他的旧车,但没人愿意买。
Selling
- auction
- Black Friday
- bundle
- bundling
- chain of production
- concession
- oversell
- panic selling
- peddle
- pile
- pile it high and sell it cheapidiom
- point of sale
- salesmanship
- sell out
- sellsomethingoff
- sellout
- shift
- soft sell
- sold
- sting
Idioms
flogyourselfto death
flogsomethingto death
flog a dead horse