beat

noun

1. the act of beating to windward
sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing

2. a stroke or blow

e.g. the signal was two beats on the steam pipe

3. a regular rate of repetition

e.g. the cox raised the beat

4. the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music

e.g. the piece has a fast rhythm
the conductor set the beat

Synonym: rhythmmusical rhythm

5. (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

Synonym: metermetremeasurecadence

6. the sound of stroke or blow

e.g. he heard the beat of a drum

7. the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart

e.g. he could feel the beat of her heart

Synonym: pulsepulsationheartbeat

8. a regular route for a sentry or policeman

e.g. in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name

Synonym: round

9. a member of the beat generation
a nonconformist in dress and behavior

Synonym: beatnik

10. 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

1. wear out completely

e.g. This kind of work exhausts me
I'm beat
He was all washed up after the exam

Synonym: exhaustwash uptuckertucker out

2. be a mystery or bewildering to

e.g. This beats me!
Got me--I don't know the answer!
a vexing problem
This question really stuck me

Synonym: perplexvexstickgetpuzzlemystifybaffleposebewilderflummoxstupefynonplusgravelamazedumbfound

3. come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

e.g. Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship
We beat the competition
Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game

Synonym: beat outcrushshelltrouncevanquish

4. beat through cleverness and wit

e.g. I beat the traffic
She outfoxed her competitors

Synonym: outwitoverreachoutsmartoutfoxcircumvent

5. give a beating to
subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression

e.g. Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night
The teacher used to beat the students

Synonym: beat upwork over

6. hit repeatedly

e.g. beat on the door
beat the table with his shoe

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

8. strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music

e.g. beat one's breast
beat one's foot rhythmically

9. stir vigorously

e.g. beat the egg whites
beat the cream

Synonym: scramble

10. shape by beating

e.g. beat swords into ploughshares

11. produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly

e.g. beat the drum

12. make by pounding or trampling

e.g. beat a path through the forest

13. move with or as if with a regular alternating motion

e.g. the city pulsated with music and excitement

Synonym: pulsatequiver

14. move rhythmically

e.g. Her heart was beating fast

Synonym: poundthump

15. indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks

e.g. Beat the rhythm

16. sail with much tacking or with difficulty

e.g. The boat beat in the strong wind

17. move with a flapping motion

e.g. The bird's wings were flapping

Synonym: flap

18. move with a thrashing motion

e.g. The bird flapped its wings
The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky

Synonym: flap

19. glare or strike with great intensity

e.g. The sun was beating down on us

20. make a rhythmic sound

e.g. Rain drummed against the windshield
The drums beat all night

Synonym: drumthrum

21. make a sound like a clock or a timer

e.g. the clocks were ticking
the grandfather clock beat midnight

Synonym: tickticktockticktack

22. avoid paying

e.g. beat the subway fare

Synonym: bunk

23. be superior

e.g. Reading beats watching television
This sure beats work!

1. 打；猛击
If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.

e.g. My wife tried to stop them and they beat her...
我妻子想阻止他们，他们就打了她。
e.g. They were beaten to death with baseball bats.
他们被人用棒球棒打死了。

2. （通常指多次或连续地）撞击，猛撞，拍打
To beat on, at, or against something means to hit it hard, usually several times or continuously for a period of time.

e.g. There was dead silence but for a fly beating against the glass...
当时一片寂静，只听见一只苍蝇不停地撞击着玻璃。
e.g. Nina managed to free herself and began beating at the flames with a pillow...
尼娜好不容易挣脱出来，拿起枕头用力扑打火焰。

3. （心脏、脉搏等）跳动
When your heart or pulse beats, it continually makes regular rhythmic movements.

e.g. I felt my heart beating faster.
我感觉我的心越跳越快。

4. 敲，打，击（鼓等）；（鼓等）敲响
If you beat a drum or similar instrument, you hit it in order to make a sound. You can also say that a drum beats .

e.g. When you beat the drum, you feel good.
敲鼓的时候感觉很好。
e.g. ...drums beating and pipes playing.
敲鼓和吹风笛

5. （音乐的）节奏
The beat of a piece of music is the main rhythm that it has.

e.g. ...the thumping beat of rock music.
摇滚乐强烈的节奏
e.g. ...the dance beats of the last two decades.
过去20年的舞曲节奏

6. （音乐的）拍子，节拍
In music, a beat is a unit of measurement. The number of beats in a bar of a piece of music is indicated by two numbers at the beginning of the piece.

beat的近义词

e.g. It's got four beats to a bar.
一个小节有4拍。

7. 搅拌；搅打
If you beat eggs, cream, or butter, you mix them thoroughly using a fork or beater.

beat

e.g. Beat the eggs and sugar until they start to thicken.
把鸡蛋和白糖混在一起搅打至开始变稠。

8. 拍打，拍动（翅膀）；（翅膀）拍动
When a bird or insect beats its wings or when its wings beat, its wings move up and down.

e.g. Beating their wings they flew off...
它们拍打着翅膀飞走了。
e.g. Its wings beat slowly.
它的翅膀缓慢拍动着。

9. 打败；击败；战胜
If you beat someone in a competition or election, you defeat them.

beat的近义词

e.g. In yesterday's games, Switzerland beat the United States two-one...
在昨天的比赛中，瑞士以2比1击败美国。
e.g. There are men who simply don't like being beaten by a woman...
有些男人就是不想被女人打败。

10. 打破（纪录等）；超过； 突破
If someone beats a record or achievement, they do better than it.

beat什么意思

e.g. He was as eager as his Captain to beat the record.
他和队长一样渴望打破这项纪录。

11. 战胜（某个组织、问题、疾病等）
If you beat something that you are fighting against, for example an organization, a problem, or a disease, you defeat it.

beat的解释

e.g. It became clear that the Union was not going to beat the government...
情况已然明朗，工会无法和政府抗衡。
e.g. They recognise that tough action offers the only hope of beating inflation...
他们认识到这一严厉举措是战胜通货膨胀的唯一希望。

12. （常指暂时）击退，中断，中止
If an attack or an attempt is beaten off or is beaten back, it is stopped, often temporarily.

e.g. The rescuers were beaten back by strong winds and currents...
救援人员因风浪太大而被迫中断工作。
e.g. South Africa's ruling National Party has beaten off a right-wing challenge.
南非执政的国民党已经击退了右翼分子的一次挑战。

13. 好于；优于；胜于
If you say that one thing beats another, you mean that it is better than it.

e.g. Being boss of a software firm beats selling insurance...
当软件公司的老板比卖保险强多了。
e.g. Nothing quite beats the luxury of soaking in a long, hot bath at the end of a tiring day...
辛苦一天之后美美地泡个热水澡比什么都强。

14. 没有比…更好的；什么也比不上；最好的莫过于
If you say you can't beat a particular thing you mean that it is the best thing of its kind.

e.g. You can't beat soap and water for cleansing.
做清洁没有比用肥皂和水更好的了。

15. 赶在…前面；抢先
To beat a time limit or an event means to achieve something before that time or event.

e.g. They were trying to beat the midnight deadline...
他们要努力赶在午夜的最后期限之前完成。
e.g. Those who shop on Sunday to beat the rush are wasting their time.
那些为了在抢购高峰前下手而在星期天购物的人是在浪费时间。

16. （警察的）辖区，巡逻区；（记者的）负责采访的区域
A police officer's or journalist's beat is the area for which he or she is responsible.

e.g. The team police get to know the people in their patrol areas better than cops who must cover a larger beat.
小分队的警察比那些负责大片区域的警察更了解自己管片的群众。

17. 把…难住；使不明白；使无法解释
You use beat in expressions such as 'It beats me' or 'What beats me is' to indicate that you cannot understand or explain something.

e.g. 'What am I doing wrong, anyway?' — 'Beats me, Lewis.'...
“不管怎样，我到底做错了什么？”——“这我也不知道，刘易斯。”
e.g. How you can be so insensitive absolutely beats me.
我真搞不懂你怎么会这么麻木。

18. 滚开；走开
If you tell someone to beat it, you are telling them to go away.

e.g. Beat it before it's too late.
趁早滚开。

19. （表示惊讶或恼怒）竟然有这种事？岂有此理！
You can say Can you beat it? or Can you beat that? to show that you are surprised and perhaps annoyed about something.

e.g. Can you beat it; there was Graham Greene in Freetown and there was I on the other side of Africa.
真是岂有此理！格雷厄姆·格林在弗里敦，而我却在非洲的另一边。

20. see also: beaten;beaten-up;beating;beat-up

21. 比…抢先行动；赶在…前面（做某事）
If you intend to do something but someone beats you to it, they do it before you do.

e.g. Don't be too long about it or you'll find someone has beaten you to it.
别拖得太久，不然就会有人捷足先登了。

22. 打不过，就入伙
If you can't beat them, join them means that, if someone is too strong for you to defeat, it is better to be on the same side as them.

23. 停顿；犹豫
If you say or do something without missing a beat, you continue to speak or do it, even though people might have expected you to hesitate or stop.

e.g. 'Are you jealous?' — 'Only when I'm not in control,' he says, not missing a beat.
“你眼红吗？”——“除非我把持不住自己，”他毫不犹豫地说道。

24. 错失机会
If you say that someone never misses a beat, you mean that they always know what is going on and how they can take advantage of it.

beat

e.g. Skye has scarcely missed a beat as one of the Gold Coast's spectacular models since her marriage.
丝凯作为黄金海岸大红大紫的模特儿，自结婚以后从来就没有错失过任何机会。

25. （警察）值勤，当班，巡逻
A police officer on the beat is on duty, walking around the area for which he or she is responsible.

e.g. The officer on the beat picks up information; hears cries for help; makes people feel safe.
值勤警员注意观察情况，对救援呼叫及时反应，确保让百姓有一种安全感。

26. 打拍子
If you beat time to a piece of music, you move your hand or foot up and down in time with the music. A conductor beats time to show the choir or orchestra how fast they should sing or play the music.

e.g. He beats time with hands and feet.
他手脚并用地打着拍子。

27. to beat someone black and blue -> see black
to beat someone's brains out -> see brain
to beat one's breast -> see breast
to beat about the bush -> see bush
to beat the clock -> see clock
to beat or knock the living daylights out of someone -> see daylights
to beat the drum for someone or something -> see drum
to beat someone at their own game -> see game
to beat a retreat -> see retreat;kick or knock the shit out of someone
to beat -> see shit
a stick to beat someone with -> see stick

相关词组：beat downbeat outbeat out ofbeat upbeat up on

1. beat是什么意思

1. 拍：作为一门探讨音乐之物理本质的基础学科,诸如泛音、拍(beat)等观念,便常常开宗明义的出现在音乐学或乐理教科书的卷首. 音乐声学中最重要的分支,毫无疑问是关於乐器的研究,其次才是室内声学. 以下先对乐器声学做一个简介.