lash out

短语

痛打, 痛骂

发音

US

词形变化

lashed out lashes out 三单 lashes out lashing out lashing out 现在分词 lashed out 过去式 lashed out 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To make a sudden violent attack.

  2. 2.

    To make a fierce verbal attack.

    比喻

    The man lashed out at me when I asked if it was his own hair.

  3. 3.

    To splash out (spend a lot of money).

    不及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 5

attack round assault snipe assail

上位词 4

knock criticize criticise pick apart

下位词 10

shout rip rubbish abuse whip claw barrage blister scorch bombard

词源

For the verb's chief current sense (to attack suddenly), by surface analysis suggests reaching out with the lash (either literally or figuratively); however, the verb is entered in various early-19th-century dictionaries with various senses, only some of which have to do with attacking, kicking, or similar. One of them corresponds to today's splash out (that is, to break out into spending), while another corresponds to breaking out into expressing oneself verbally.

来源：wiktionary