Beat

(noun.) the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing.

(noun.) a stroke or blow; 'the signal was two beats on the steam pipe'.

(noun.) a regular rate of repetition; 'the cox raised the beat'.

(noun.) the sound of stroke or blow; 'he heard the beat of a drum'.

(noun.) a regular route for a sentry or policeman; 'in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name'.

(noun.) a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations.

(verb.) come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; 'Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship'; 'We beat the competition'; 'Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game'.

(verb.) give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; 'Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night'; 'The teacher used to beat the students'.

(verb.) hit repeatedly; 'beat on the door'; 'beat the table with his shoe'.

(verb.) stir vigorously; 'beat the egg whites'; 'beat the cream'.

(verb.) shape by beating; 'beat swords into ploughshares'.

(verb.) produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly; 'beat the drum'.

(verb.) make by pounding or trampling; 'beat a path through the forest'.

(verb.) move rhythmically; 'Her heart was beating fast'.

(verb.) indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks; 'Beat the rhythm'.

(verb.) sail with much tacking or with difficulty; 'The boat beat in the strong wind'.

(verb.) move with a flapping motion; 'The bird's wings were flapping'.

(verb.) move with a thrashing motion; 'The bird flapped its wings'; 'The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky'.

(verb.) glare or strike with great intensity; 'The sun was beating down on us'.

(verb.) avoid paying; 'beat the subway fare'.

(verb.) be superior; 'Reading beats watching television'; 'This sure beats work!'.

(verb.) strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music; 'beat one's breast'; 'beat one's foot rhythmically'.

(verb.) strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting.

手打:齐妮亚

• I'll beat 'em, if it cost me a thousand guineas. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• I have a heart to be stabbed in or shot in, I have no doubt, said Estella, and of course if it ceased to beat I should cease to be. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Let her footstep, as she comes and goes, in these pages, be like that other footstep to whose airy fall your own heart once beat time. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• At last he was happily got down without any accident, and then he began to beat Mr. Guppy with a hoop-stick in quite a frantic manner. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• As he approached her Jane's heart beat faster and her eyes brightened as they had never done before at the approach of any man. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Whate'er they be, I'll eat my head, But I will beat them hollow. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Whenever he met the Romans in open fight he beat them. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• We fought in Segovia at the start of the movement but we were beaten and we ran. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• You did not see it because I led you not in the beaten tracks, but through roundabout passages seldom used. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• HER assault was long since over and beaten back. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The pulp, duly beaten, refined, screened, and diluted with water, is then piped into the flow-box of the Fourdrinier machine. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The Austrians were badly beaten at Magenta and Solferino. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The matter can be easily remedied, said the brow-beaten doctor; Mr. Sherlock Holmes can return to London by the morning train. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Well, you have something to gain as well as I, flashed out Crispin fiercely; so if I am beaten, you will not be in a much better condition. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• The men and women in the Cave Colony suddenly found that one bright-eyed young fellow, with a little straighter forehead than the others, was beating them all at hunting. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Yet Selden's manner at the Brys' had brought the flutter of wings so close that they seemed to be beating in her own heart. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Archer's heart was beating violently when he rang old Mrs. Mingott's bell. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• He paused again, beating about the question he felt he must put. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Then, a score of others ran into the midst of these, beating their breasts, tearing their hair, and screaming, Foulon alive! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• I don't go beating about for side-winds. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• A sharp rain, too, was beating against the window-panes; and the sky looked black and cloudy. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Either beats or cringes, said Wemmick, not at all addressing himself to me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• He beats me and I rail at him: O worthy satisfaction! 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• How fast your heart beats, ma'am! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Beats the chimbley-pots, Sir,' replied Mr. Weller, touching his hat. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Every one keeps at a distance, and dreads that storm, which beats upon me from every side. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Mademoiselle complies, saying in a concentrated voice while that something in her cheek beats fast and hard, You are a devil. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• It's altogether out of all your beats, and is well away from the usual heap of streets great and small. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.

手打:柯尔斯顿