pummelling
n[sing]
severe beating 沉重的打击
The boxers gave each other a terrific pummelling. 那两名拳击手彼此都以重拳出击.
(fig 比喻) The team took a real pummelling in their last match. 这个队在最後的比赛中受到了沉重的打击.
🗣️ 情景例句
I also have my daughter to consider.
我还要考虑我女儿。
An ox is taken by the horns, and the man by the tongue.
牛因有脚而被抓,人因有舌而遭殃。
Whatever the source of noise, one thing is certain: silence, it seems, has become a golden memory.