whale on

短语

发音

AU

词形变化

whaled on whales on 三单 whales on whaling on whaling on 现在分词 whaled on 过去式 whaled on 过去分词

别名

wail on wale on

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To strike an opponent heavily and repeatedly in a fight.

    俚语
  2. 2.

    To beat heavily on anything.

    俚语

    The wrench wouldn’t budge, even though Tony was just whaling on it with a big old sledge hammer.

词源

See whale (“to beat vigorously or soundly”).

来源:wiktionary