pummel
verb /ˈpʌml/
/ˈpʌml/
[transitive, intransitive]动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they pummel | /ˈpʌml/ /ˈpʌml/ |
| he / she / it pummels | /ˈpʌmlz/ /ˈpʌmlz/ |
| past simple pummelled | /ˈpʌmld/ /ˈpʌmld/ |
| past participle pummelled | /ˈpʌmld/ /ˈpʌmld/ |
| (US English) past simple pummeled | /ˈpʌmld/ /ˈpʌmld/ |
| (US English) past participle pummeled | /ˈpʌmld/ /ˈpʌmld/ |
| -ing form pummelling | /ˈpʌmlɪŋ/ /ˈpʌmlɪŋ/ |
| (US English) -ing form pummeling | /ˈpʌmlɪŋ/ /ˈpʌmlɪŋ/ |
- to keep hitting somebody/something hard, especially with your fists (= tightly closed hands)
连续猛击；反复拳打；捶打 - pummel somebody/something (with something) He pummelled the pillow with his fists.
他用双拳不停地捶打枕头。 - (figurative) She pummelled (= strongly criticized) her opponents.
她严厉抨击了对手。 - He saw the other man being pummelled by the crowd.
他看到另一个人被人群殴打。 - pummel (at something) Her fists pummelled at his chest.
她用拳头连连捶打他的胸膛。
词源mid 16th cent.: variant of pommel. - pummel somebody/something (with something) He pummelled the pillow with his fists.