whack 猛打；重击；狠揍

america

The most famous axe in American criminal history, of course, was the one that belonged to Miss Lizzie Borden, who, according to folklore, used it to give her sleeping stepmother "forty whacks" in the face (and when she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one).

whack

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whack¹ / wæk ; wæk /
◙verb [T] [informal]
1. to hit someone or something hard
• 猛击，重击〔某人或某物〕:
»whack sb / sth with sth
»He kept whacking the dog with a stick.
  他不停地用棍子打狗。
2. [BrE spoken] to put something somewhere
• 放，塞:
»whack sth in / on / under etc sth
»Just whack the bacon under the grill for a couple of minutes.
  就把熏肉放在烤架下烤几分钟。

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whack²
◙noun [C] [especially spoken]
1. the act of hitting something hard, or the noise this makes
• 重击（声）:
»She gave the ball a whack .
  她猛击了一下球。
»Singleton took a whack at (=tried to hit) Miller's head .
  辛格尔顿用力朝米勒的头部打去。
2. [BrE] an amount of something
• 〔某物的〕数量:
»(the) full whack
»If you're unemployed, you don't have to pay the full whack (=the full amount).
   如果你没有工作，就用不着付全额。
»There's still a fair whack (=quite a large amount) of work to be done.
仍有很多工作要做。
»These agencies charge top whack for tickets.
  这些代理处收取高额票价。
3. do your whack (of sth), [BrE] to do a fair or equal share of a job or activity
• 做你应做的一份（工作或活动）:
»I've done my whack of the driving – it's your turn.
  我开过了 — 现在轮到你开了。
4. have a whack at sth [BrE] , take a whack at sth [AmE]
• to try to do something
• 试着做某事:
»'Are you any good at doing maths?' 'I'll have a whack at it.'
  “你做数学题拿手吗？”“我试试看。”
5. in one whack, [AmE] all on one occasion
• 一下子:
»Steve lost $500 in one whack.
  史蒂夫一下子损失了 500 美元。
6. out of whack, [AmE] if a system, machine etc is out of whack, the parts are not working together correctly
• 〔系统、机器等〕有毛病，不正常:
»The printer's out of whack again.
  打印机又出毛病了。