lashing

柯林斯詞典

1. N-COUNT Lashings are ropes or cables that are used to tie one thing to another. 綑綁用的繩子; 系索[usu pl]
We made a tour of the yacht, checking lashings and emergency gear. 我們在那艘遊艇上四処看了看，檢查了系索和應急裝置。
2. N-COUNT If you refer to someone's comments as a lashing, you mean that they are very critical and angry. 猛烈抨擊; 嚴厲批評
He never grew used to the lashings he got from the critics. 他始終無法忍受評論界對他的刻薄抨擊。
3. N-COUNT A lashing is a punishment in which a person is hit with a whip. 笞刑; 鞭打