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鞭子 — meaning in English

biān zi

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English meaning

  • crop noun A plant grown and harvested for food, feed, or other economic use.
  • scourge noun A whip, especially one with several lashes, historically used to punish or torture.
  • slapstick noun Comedy built on exaggerated physical mishaps — falls, chases, collisions and blows — rather than on words.
  • whip noun A flexible rod or braided cord, often of leather, used to strike an animal or person, or to make a sharp cracking noise.
  • whisk noun A kitchen tool made of looped wires, used to beat eggs, cream, or batter.

Senses

鞭子 is used for these senses in English:

  • crop An entire short whip, especially as used in horse-riding.
  • fuet A type of thin salami from Catalonia made from pork.
  • scourge (weaponry, chiefly, historical) A whip, often made of leather and having multiple tails; a lash.
  • slapstick (countable) A pair of sticks attached at one end and used to create a slapping sound effect, used especially in slapstick comedy; a type of clapper.
  • whip A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals.
  • whipstaff (nautical) A bar, going through the poopdeck, attached perpendicularly to the tiller for steering a ship.
  • whisk A kitchen utensil, now usually made from stiff wire loops fixed to a handle (and formerly of twigs), used for whipping (or a mechanical device with the same function).

crop — full definition

  1. noun A plant grown and harvested for food, feed, or other economic use.
  2. noun A short whip used in horse riding.
  3. verb To trim or cut something short, or to remove the outer edges of a photograph.

scourge — full definition

  1. noun A whip, especially one with several lashes, historically used to punish or torture.
  2. noun A person or thing that causes widespread suffering.
  3. verb To cause great and lasting suffering to; to afflict severely.

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