slap
🇬🇧 UK/slæp/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions
v.
To strike someone with an open hand or flat object.
用手掌打,掴;拍击
n.
A blow given with an open hand or flat object; the sharp sound it makes.
掌击,拍击;拍击声
adv.
Exactly; directly; suddenly.
正好,直接地,突然地
🧩 Root Breakdown
Native Englishslapother
=slap
Common Collocations
- 1.slap in the face当众羞辱;迎头一击
- 2.slap on the wrist小惩大诫;轻描淡写的惩罚
- 3.give a slap打一巴掌
- 4.slap on the back拍背鼓励
Example Sentences
- 1.
She gave him a sharp slap across the face after his rude remark.
- 2.
The slap of the waves against the hull kept him awake all night.
- 3.
A slap on the back from his coach told him he had played well.