spanking

• adj. 強烈的；疾行的，疾馳的
• n. 打屁股；拍擊
• adv. 顯著地
• v. 拍打；嚴厲斥責（spank的ing形式）

來自 spank,打屁股。引申俚語義響亮的，飛快的，了不起的。

spanking (adj.)

1660s, "very big or fine," later (especially of horses) "moving at a lively pace" (1738), of uncertain origin; perhaps from a Scandinavian source (OED compares Danish spanke "to strut"). Probably also related to spanker "something striking" (for size, etc.), 1751; as a kind of sail from 1794.

spanking (n.)

"act of striking with the open hand," especially as a punishment administered to children, 1854, verbal noun from spank (v.).

1. The film moves along at a spanking pace.

影片節奏緊湊。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Andrea gave her son a sound spanking.

安德烈婭給了兒子結結實實一頓痛打。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The upstairs bedrooms were spanking clean.

樓上的房間打掃得一塵不染。

來自柯林斯例句

4. to give sb a spanking

打某人一頓屁股

來自《權威詞典》

5. Spanking is an indignity to a teenager.

(用巴掌、拖鞋等)打一個十幾歲的孩子,是對他的侮辱.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》