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battered 音标拼音: [b'ætɚd] adj. 弄垮的 弄垮的 battered adj 1: damaged by blows or hard usage; " a battered old car"; " the beaten- up old Ford" [ synonym: { battered}, { beat- up}, { beaten- up}] 2: damaged especially by hard usage; " his battered old hat" 3: exhibiting symptoms resulting from repeated physical and emotional injury; " a battered child"; " the battered woman syndrome" Batter \ Bat" ter\ ( b[ a^] t" t[~ e] r), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Battered} ( b[ a^] t" t[~ e] rd); p. pr. & vb. n. { Battering}.] [ OE. bateren, OF. batre, F. battre, fr. LL. battere, for L. batuere to strike, beat; of unknown origin. Cf. { Abate}, { Bate} to abate.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. To beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and with violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to batter a wall or rampart. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage. " Each battered jade." -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Metallurgy) To flatten ( metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly. [ 1913 Webster]
battered \ battered\ adj. 1. In deplorable condition; as, the battered old Ford station wagon. Syn: beat- up, beaten- up, bedraggled, broken- down, dilapidated, ramshackle, tumble- down, unsound. [ WordNet 1. 5] 2. Hit or pounded repeatedly and violently with heavy blows; as, a battered old car; antomyn of { unbattered}. [ Narrower terms: { buffeted}; { storm- tossed, tempest- tossed, tempest- tost, tempest- swept}] [ WordNet 1. 5] 3. Damaged especially by hard usage. his battered old hat [ WordNet 1. 5] 4. beaten repeatedly; -- of people; as, a battered child; the battered woman syndrome; a battered wife. Syn: beaten. [ WordNet 1. 5]
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