/wɪp; US hwɪp ||; hwɪp/verb (
whipping;whipped)
1 [T] to hit a person or an animal hard with a whip, as a punishment or to make him/her/it go faster or work harder 鞭打;抽打
2 [I] (informal 非正式) to move quickly, suddenly or violently 迅速、突然或猛地移动: She whipped round to see what had made the noise behind her. 她听到背后有响声,猛地转过身来看个究竟。
3 [T] to remove or pull sth quickly and suddenly 突然迅速取走或掏出: He whipped out a pen and made a note of the number. 他赶忙掏出钢笔,记下号码。
4 [T] whip sth (up) to mix the white part of an egg or cream until it is light and thick 搅打(蛋白或奶油): whipped cream 搅打过的奶油
5 [T] (Brit 英) (informal 非正式) to steal sth 偷去: Who's whipped my pen? 谁偷去了我的钢笔?
whip through sth(
informal 非正式) to do or finish sth very quickly 快速地做;快速地完成
whip sb/sth up to deliberately try to make people excited or feel strongly about sth 故意激发,煽动(情绪):
to whip up excitement 激发兴奋的情绪 whip sth up(
informal 非正式) to prepare food quickly 迅速准备食物:
to whip up a quick snack 飞快地弄些小吃