lick
n. 舔, 少许, 打 vt. 舔, 卷过, 鞭打 vi. 轻轻拍打
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教材释义与例句
舔；卷过；鞭打
（非正式）战胜
舔；轻轻拍打
释义与例句
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1.
The act of licking; a stroke of the tongue.
The cat gave its fur a lick.
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2.
The amount of some substance obtainable with a single lick.
Give me a lick of ice cream.
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3.
A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue.
a lick of paint
to put on colours with a lick of the brush
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4.
A place where animals lick minerals from the ground.
The birds gathered at the clay lick.
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5.
A small watercourse or ephemeral stream. It ranks between a rill and a stream.
We used to play in the lick.
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6.
A stroke or blow.
非正式Hit that wedge a good lick with the sledgehammer.
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7.
A small amount; a whit.
非正式You don't have a lick of sense.
I didn't do a lick of work today.
Allen Gregory DeLongpre: Why don't I call Jean-Michel at Il Portofino? We'll get a table outside? Ooh, I'm not getting a lick of service. Babe, can I hop on your landline?
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8.
An attempt at something.
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A short motif.
音乐There are some really good blues licks in this solo.
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10.
A rate of speed. (Always qualified by good, fair, or a similar adjective.)
非正式The bus was travelling at a good lick when it swerved and left the road.
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11.
An act of cunnilingus.
俚语You up for a lick tonight?
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1.
An instance or opportunity to earn money fast, usually by illegal means, thus a heist, drug deal etc. or its victim; mostly used in phrasal verbs: hit a lick, hit licks
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1.
To stroke with the tongue.
舔
舐
及物The cat licked its fur.
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2.
To lap; to take in with the tongue.
及物She licked the last of the honey off the spoon before washing it.
Jim closed his eyes and licked his vanilla ice cream cone.
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3.
To beat with repeated blows.
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To defeat decisively, particularly in a fight.
打败
非正式 过时My dad can lick your dad.
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5.
To overcome.
非正式 过时I think I can lick this.
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6.
To perform cunnilingus.
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To do anything partially.
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8.
To lap.
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词源
From Middle English likken, from Old English liccian, from Proto-West Germanic *likkōn, from Proto-Germanic *likkōną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ- (“to lick”). Sense evolution towards violence unclear; not paralleled in any other Germanic language. See also Saterland Frisian likje, Dutch likken, German lecken; also Old Irish ligid, Latin lingō (“lick”), ligguriō (“to lap, lick up”), Lithuanian laižyti, Old Church Slavonic лизати (lizati), Ancient Greek λείχω (leíkhō), Old Armenian լիզեմ (lizem), Persian لیسیدن (lisidan), Sanskrit लेढि (léḍhi), रेढि (réḍhi).
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