punch
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they punch | |
| he / she / it punches | |
| past simple punched | |
| past participle punched | |
| -ing form punching |
to hit somebody/something hard with your fist (= closed hand) 拳打；以拳痛击 - punch somebody/something
He was kicked and punched as he lay on the ground. 他倒在地上，被拳打脚踢。 He was punching the air in triumph. 他得意扬扬地挥舞着拳头。 - punch somebody/something in/on something
She punched him on the nose. 她一拳打在他的鼻子上。
Extra ExamplesI punched the pillow in frustration. 我沮丧地捶了一下枕头。 His attacker had punched him hard in the face. 袭击他的人用拳头重重地打在他的脸上。 She playfully punched him on the arm. 她调皮地用拳头打他的胳膊。 He punched the other boy in the stomach. 他打了另一个男孩的肚子。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- hard
- lightly
- playfully
- …
- in
- on
- kick and punch
- punch and kick
- punch somebody/something
to make a hole in something with a punch or some other sharp object 给…打孔；（用打孔器等）打孔 - punch something
to punch a time card 在记时卡上打孔 - punch something in/through something
The machine punches a row of holes in the metal sheet. 机器在金属薄板上冲出一排孔。
- punch something
- punch something
to press buttons or keys on a computer, phone, etc. in order to operate it 按（键）；压（按钮）
Word Originverb sense 1 and verb sense 3 late Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘puncture, prod’): variant of pounce. verb sense 2 early 16th cent.: perhaps an abbreviation of puncheon, or from the verb punch ‘hit somebody/something hard’.
Idioms
punch above your weight
to be or try to be more successful than others in doing something that normally requires more skill, experience, money, etc. than you have 超常发挥取胜；以小搏大 This player seems to be able to constantly punch above his weight. 这名选手似乎总有本事击败实力比他强的对手。 He punched above his weight as the party’s foreign affairs spokesman. 作为该党的外交事务发言人，他出格了。
