slap
verbVerb Forms
Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they slap | |
he / she / it slaps | |
past simple slapped | |
past participle slapped | |
-ing form slapping |
- [transitive] slap somebody/something (+ adv./prep.)
to hit somebody/something with the flat part of your hand synonym smack(用手掌)打,拍,掴 She slapped his face hard. 她狠狠给了他一个耳光。 She slapped him hard across the face. 她狠狠给了他一个耳光。 ‘Congratulations!’ he said, slapping me on the back. “祝贺你!” 他拍着我的背说。
Extra ExamplesI felt like I had been slapped in the face. 我觉得像被人打了一耳光。 She slapped his hand away. 她把他的手打开。 She slapped the boy on the leg. 她拍了拍男孩的腿。 I'll slap you if you do that again. 你再干这事我就要搧你了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- hard
- gently
- lightly
- …
- across
- on
- slap somebody in the face
- [transitive] slap something + adv./prep.
to put something on a surface in a quick, careless and often noisy way, especially because you are angry (尤指生气地)啪的一声放下,随意扔放 He slapped the newspaper down on the desk. 他啪的一声把报纸摔在桌上。 She slapped a $10 bill into my hand. 她啪地把一张 10 美元钞票放在我手里。
- [intransitive] + adv./prep.
to hit against something with the noise of somebody being slapped 啪地击打(或撞上) see also happy slapping
Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb): probably imitative. The noun dates from the mid 17th cent.