whale on

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To strike an opponent heavily and repeatedly in a fight. slang
    — If he had been able to break loose from his handlers and the referee, he would have jumped Paret to the floor and whaled on him there.
  2. To beat heavily on anything. slang
    — The wrench wouldn’t budge, even though Tony was just whaling on it with a big old sledge hammer.

词形变化

whales on present,singular,third-person whaling on participle,present whaled on participle,past whaled on past

词源

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