whiplash

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The lash of a whip. countable
  2. An injury to the upper spine connected to a violent jerk of the head in either a backward or forward or side to side direction, resembling the motion of a whip. countable,uncountable
    — Of the nine staff in the third coach, most had been having a break, drinking tea or reading. One suffered a fractured skull, another a fractured shoulder. All were either thrown along or across the coach, sustaining cuts, bruising and whiplash injuries.
  3. An abrupt and unexpected change, or the resulting feeling of shock. countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — tonal whiplash
动词 v.
  1. To jerk back and forth; to buffet.
    — […] Ms. Kennedy has been whiplashed by assertions that she is at once protected and presumptuous.
  2. To lash as if with a whip.
    — After a while, he let go of my hand in order to protect his own face from being whiplashed by the low branches.

词形变化

whiplashes plural whiplashes present,singular,third-person whiplashing participle,present whiplashed participle,past whiplashed past

词源

词源 1
From whip + lash.
词源 2
From whip + lash.
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