beat out

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To sound a rhythm on a percussion instrument such as a drum.
    — The drummer beat out a steady slow march.
  2. To extinguish.
    — He managed to beat the flames out with a blanket.
  3. To defeat by a narrow margin. US
    — She beat out three other contenders to claim the prize.
  4. To work out fully.
  5. To make gold or silver leaf out of solid metal.
  6. To bash a hole in.
  7. To reach base after a bunt or groundball.
    — I then made another ſign that I wanted Drink. They found by my eating, that a ſmall Quantity would not ſuffice me, and being a moſt ingenious People, they flung up with great dexterity one of their largeſt Hogſheads, then rolled it towards my Hand, and beat out the top; I drank it off at a Draught, which I might well do, for it did not hold half a pint, and taſted like a ſmall Wine of Burgundy, but much more delicious.
  8. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beat, out.

词形变化

beats out present,singular,third-person beating out participle,present beat out past beaten out participle,past beat out participle,past
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