pummel 连续猛击；反复拳打；捶打

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pummel
pum·mel / ˈpʌml /
verb  
(-ll-, US -l-) to keep hitting sb / sth hard, especially with your fists (= tightly closed hands)
   连续猛击；反复拳打；捶打
  ▪ [VN]
   He pummelled the pillow with his fists.
   他用双拳不停地捶打枕头。
  (figurative) She pummelled (= strongly criticized) her opponents.
   她严厉抨击了对手。
  ▪ [V]
   Her fists pummelled at his chest.
   她用拳头连连捶打他的胸膛。
⇨ note at beat

pum∙mel
/ ˈpʌml ; ˈpʌməl /
◙verb pummelled, pummelling [BrE] , pummeled, pummeling [AmE] [T]
1. to hit someone or something many times quickly, especially using your FISTS (=closed hands)
• 反复猛击，〔尤指〕用双拳接连地捶打;
【SYN】 beat
»Diane leaned over and pummeled the pillows.
黛安娜俯下身不断捶打枕头。
»pummel sth with sth
»She flew at him, pummelling his chest with her fists.
她向他冲过去，用拳头连连捶打他的胸膛。
▪ [+ at ]
»The cook pummelled at the dough.
厨师反复捶打面团。
»The platoon was pummeled by heavy machine-gun fire
那个排遭到了机枪火力猛烈的连续攻击。
2. [informal] to completely defeat someone at a sport
• 〔在体育比赛中〕彻底击败

pum·mel
/ˈpʌməl/ verb , -mels, US   -meled or Brit   -melled, US   -mel·ing or Brit   -mel·ling [  + obj  ]
  : to repeatedly hit or punch (someone or something) very hard
   He pummeled [=beat] the intruder.
   She pummeled the steering wheel (with her fists).
  — often used figuratively
   They pummeled the opposition.
   Her last movie was pummeled by the critics.

VERB:To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows: assail, assault, baste, batter, beat, belabor, buffet, drub, hammer, pound, smash, thrash, thresh. Informal : lambaste. Slang : clobber. Idioms: rain blows on. See [size=-1]ATTACK, [size=-1]STRIKE.