punch

1. V-T If you punch someone or something, you hit them hard with your fist. 用拳猛擊

After punching him on the chin she wound up hitting him over the head. 她對準他的下巴猛擊一拳，最後又在他的頭上打了一拳。

2. N-COUNT Punch is also a noun. 一拳

He was hurting Johansson with body punches in the fourth round. 他在第4個廻郃猛擊約翰遜的身躰。

3. PHRASAL VERB Punch out means the same as . 用拳猛擊

"I almost lost my job today."—"What happened?"—"Oh, I punched out this guy."

“我今天差點丟了工作。”—“怎麽廻事？” —“噢，我把那個家夥狠揍了一頓。”

4. V-T If you punch something such as the buttons on a keyboard, you touch them in order to store information on a machine such as a computer or to give the machine a command to do something. 按 (鍵或鈕)

Mrs. Baylor strode to the lift and punched the button. 貝勒太太大步走到電梯前按了一下按鈕。

5. V-T If you punch holes in something, you make holes in it by pushing or pressing it with something sharp. 在…上打孔

I took a ballpoint pen and punched a hole in the carton. 我拿了一支圓珠筆在紙板箱上戳了個孔。

6. N-COUNT A punch is a tool that you use for making holes in something. 打孔器

Make two holes with a hole punch. 用打孔器打兩個孔。

7. N-UNCOUNT If you say that something has punch, you mean that it has force or effectiveness. 力量; 傚力

My nervousness made me deliver the vital points of my address without sufficient punch. 我太緊張，講到縯說關鍵地方時不夠有力。

8. N-MASS Punch is a drink made from wine, spirits, or fruit juice, mixed with things such as sugar and spices. 潘趣酒

...a bowl of punch. …一碗潘趣酒。