percuss

动词 v.
/pəˈkʌs/|[pəˈkʰʌs]    /pɚˈkʌs/|[pɚˈkʰʌs]

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To strike; to hit; to knock; to give a blow to. transitive
    — Solid bodies, if they be very softly percussed, give no sound.
  2. To impact. intransitive
    — Falling on the roof of the caravan, the hailstones percussed noisily.
  3. To attempt to pinpoint the location or other quality of something by tapping on an overlying surface. transitive
    — The doctor percussed his chest to determine whether he had pneumonia.

词形变化

percusses present,singular,third-person percussing participle,present percussed participle,past percussed past

词汇关系

词源

From Latin percussus, past participle of percutiō (“to strike, to beat”), from per (“through”) + quatiō (“to shake, to strike”).
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