thrash

thrash
I n
удар ногами (плавання)
II v
1) пороти, стібати, хльостати; наносити удари

to- a horse — хльостати коня

to thrash smb with one's stick — пройтись по комусь ціпком

to thrash smb within an inch of his life — побити когось до півсмерті

to thrash the life out of smb — вибити дух з кого-л

2) побити, перемогти (у боротьбі, у змаганні); узяти верх; порвати (у боях)

they're going to get thrashed in the elections — їх чекає нищівна поразка на виборах

3) молотити

to thrash the grain out of the wheat — молотити зерно із пшениці

4) ударяти, стукати (по чомусь); бити (ногами по воді)

to thrash at smth with one's cane — бити по чомусь тростиною

to thrash at /against/ the door — тарабанити у двері

to thrash the air with one's fists — молотити повітря /по повітрю/ куркулями

to thrash one's arms against one's body to keep warm — бити руками по тілу, щоб зігрітися; бити, ударити, хльостати

the rain thrashed the tops of the trees [against the windows] — дощ хльостав по верхівках дерев [по вікнах]; битися

5) метатися

to thrash in bed with a high fever — метатися в ліжку в лихоманці

6) мop. направляти судно проти вітру або течії; іти проти вітру або течії
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to thrash (over) (old) straw — попусту витрачати час; = товкти воду в ступі thrash about phr v робити різкі рухи

the children thrashed about in the water — діти плескалися у воді; метатися

the beast thrashed about blindly — звір метався в сліпій люті


English-Ukrainian dictionary. 2013.

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