whiplash
- IPA[ˈwɪplaʃ]
英式
- the flexible part of a whip or something resembling it.；used with reference to something resembling a blow with a whip
- jerk or jolt (someone or something) suddenly, typically so as to cause injury；move suddenly and forcefully, like a whip being cracked
verb: whiplash, 3rd person present: whiplashes, gerund or present participle: whiplashing, past tense: whiplashed, past participle: whiplashed
noun: whiplash, plural noun: whiplashes
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. the flexible part of a whip or something resembling it.
- ▪ used with reference to something resembling a blow with a whip he cringed before the icy whiplash of Curtis's tongue
- 2. injury caused by a severe jerk to the head, typically in a car accident suffering from whiplash, he spent weeks with his neck in a collar
動詞
- 1. jerk or jolt (someone or something) suddenly, typically so as to cause injury the force of impact had whiplashed the man's head
- 2. move suddenly and forcefully, like a whip being cracked he rammed the yacht, sending its necklace of lights whiplashing from the bridge
- 更多解釋
- IPA[ˈ(h)wipˌlaSH]
美式
- the flexible part of a whip or something resembling it.
- jerk or jolt (someone or something) suddenly, typically so as to cause injury: the force of impact had whiplashed the man's head
Oxford American Dictionary
