lash /ˈlæʃ/
鞭子,鞭打,睫毛,責罵,諷刺(vt.)鞭打,擺動,扎捆,沖擊,諷刺,煽動(vi.)沖洗
lash /ˈlæʃ/ 名詞
余隙,空隙,沖擊,睫毛
Lash v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lashed p. pr. & vb. n. Lashng.]
1. To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
We lash the pupil, and defraud the ward. --Dryden.
2. To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash; as, a whale lashes the sea with his tail.
And big waves lash the frighted shores. --Dryden.
3. To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
He falls, and lashing up his heels, his rider throws. --Dryden.
4. To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity; as, to lash vice.
Lash n.
1. The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
I observed that your whip wanted a lash to it. --Addison.
2. A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare. [Obs.]
3. A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough; as, the culprit received thirty-nine lashes.
4. A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
The moral is a lash at the vanity of arrogating that to ourselves which succeeds well. --L'Estrange.
5. A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
6. In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
Lash, v. i. To ply the whip; to strike; to utter censure or sarcastic language.
To laugh at follies, or to lash at vice. --Dryden.
To lash out, to strike out wildly or furiously; also used figuratively.
Lash, v. t. To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten; as, to lash something to a spar; to lash a pack on a horse's back.
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lash
n 1: any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of
the eyelids [syn: eyelash, cilium]
2: leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip [syn: thong]
3: a quick blow with a whip [syn: whip, whiplash]
v 1: beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged
the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
[syn: flog, welt, whip, lather, slash, strap,
trounce]
2: lash or flick about sharply; "The lion lashed its tail"
3: strike as if by whipping; "The curtain whipped her face"
[syn: whip]
4: bind with a rope, chain, or cord; "lash the horse" [ant: unlash]