bash
verb (informal)Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they bash | |
| he / she / it bashes | |
| past simple bashed | |
| past participle bashed | |
| -ing form bashing |
- [transitive, intransitive]
to hit somebody/something very hard 猛击；猛撞 - bash somebody/something + adv./prep.
He bashed her over the head with a hammer. 他用锤子猛击她的头部。 He had been attacked and bashed about a bit. 他遭到袭击，挨了顿揍。 - bash into somebody/something
I braked too late and bashed into the car in front. 我刹车太晚，撞上了前面的车。
Synonyms hithit- knock
- bang
- strike
- bump
- bash
- hit to come against somebody/something with force, especially causing damage or injury:
The boy was hit by a speeding car. 男孩被超速行驶的汽车撞倒了。
- knock to hit something so that it moves or breaks; to put somebody/something into a particular state or position by hitting them/it:
Someone had knocked a hole in the wall. 有人在墙上打了个洞。
- bang to hit something in a way that makes a loud noise:
The baby was banging the table with his spoon. 婴孩用调羹敲打着桌子。
- strike (formal
) to hit somebody/something hard: 指猛烈地撞、碰、撞击、碰撞： The ship struck a rock. 船触礁了。
- bump to hit somebody/something by accident:
In the darkness I bumped into a chair. 我在黑暗中撞上了一把椅子。
- bash (informal
) to hit against something very hard: 指猛击、猛撞： I braked too late, bashing into the car in front. 我刹车太晚，撞上了前面的车。
- to hit/knock/bang/bump/bash against somebody/something
- to knock/bang/bump/bash into somebody/something
- to hit/strike the ground/floor/wall
Extra ExamplesShe bashed him so hard she broke his nose. 她狠狠地揍了他一顿，打断了他的鼻子。 Someone bashed him on the nose. 有人猛击他的鼻子。 He stood up, bashing his head on the low ceiling. 他站起来，头撞上了低矮的天花板。 The boy bashed the kid's head against the wall and then ran off. 男孩把孩子的头撞在墙上，然后跑了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionarypreposition- on
- with
- bash somebody about
- bash somebody up
- bash somebody/something + adv./prep.
- [transitive] bash somebody/something
to criticize somebody/something strongly 严厉批评 Bashing politicians is normal practice in the press. 严厉批判政治人物乃是新闻界常事。 a liberal-bashing administration 打击自由主义的政府
Word Originmid 17th cent. (as a verb): imitative, perhaps a blend of bang and smash, dash, etc.