flog
- IPA[flɒɡ]
英式
- beat (someone) with a whip or stick as a punishment；promote or talk about (something) repetitively or at excessive length
- an arduous climb or struggle
verb: flog, 3rd person present: flogs, gerund or present participle: flogging, past tense: flogged, past participle: flogged
noun: flogging, plural noun: floggings
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. beat (someone) with a whip or stick as a punishment the men had been flogged and branded on the forehead 同義詞
- ▪ informal promote or talk about (something) repetitively or at excessive length the issue has been flogged to death already
- 2. British informal sell or offer for sale he made a fortune flogging beads to hippies 同義詞
- 3. British informal make one's way with strenuous effort by 10 pm we had flogged up the slopes to Grey Crag
名詞
- 1. British informal an arduous climb or struggle a long flog up the mountainside
