whacking

adj.

1. （强调体积或数额）巨大的，极大的
   used to emphasize how big or how much sth is
   1. a whacking great hole in the roof
      房顶上一个巨大的窟窿
   2. They were fined a whacking £100 000.
      他们被罚了10万英镑的巨款。

1. ADJ (表示强调)很大的,巨大的
   You can use whacking to emphasize how big something is.
   1. The supermarkets may be making whacking profits.
      超市可能都在赚大钱。
   2. Whacking is also an adverb.
      
   3. ...a whacking great hole.
      极大的洞

1. The supermarkets may be making whacking profits.
   超市可能都在赚大钱。
2. His firm is just one player in a "whacking great" industry, he explains.
   泰勒解释道，维多不过是一个“举足轻重”的行业中的一家企业。
3. Fortunately, concepts like extreme programming and agile development have made it possible to get a lot of these same benefits without an entire team of people whacking on your code.
   所幸的是，由于极限编程和敏捷开发这些概念的出现，即使没有整个团队的人来锤炼代码，在很大程度上，您也能获得同样的收益。
4. Remi, stop sniggering or I'll give you a whacking.
   利比，别再偷笑，否则我会打你。
5. We had a whacking phone bill this month.
   我们这个月电话费账单大得不得了。
6. But force repayment, and you feel like a hit man whacking kneecaps for a measly two bucks.
   但如果强行要回钱，又会感到自己在为区区两、三块钱下狠手，简直像个职业杀手。
7. All of a sudden John Gotti came in, and without speaking to anybody, went over to the card table and started whacking a guy with a bat, almost beating the guy to death.
   高提突然冲进来，不发一语，直接走向牌桌用球棒开始揍人，那人差点没命。
8. You tee off on the plastic turf whacking your ball against the screen.
   你在塑料草地上发球，对着屏幕用力猛击。
9. They're whacking me for playing both sides.
   他们在攻击我两面讨好。
10. Do try to stop that boy whacking all the flower heads off with his stick.
    一定要设法阻止那个男孩用棍子把那些花头都打掉。
11. She's here to stop you from whacking ari.
    她来这儿是为了阻止你追捕ari。
12. He waited until his father had gone, to avoid another whacking.
    他一直等到他父亲离开，以免再挨一顿打。
13. Rather than paying a whacking advance to one author, it has invited everyone to contribute to the book on the web.
    如今，出版商不是向一位作者支付巨额的定金，而是邀请每个人为网络书籍供稿。
14. Williamson's umbrella and started whacking pencil sharpeners and glue sticks across the room like the guy's playing baseball.
    最出奇的是我的朋友还用威廉森先生的雨伞把什么笔呀，固体胶啊，像打棒球一样打。
15. Strong pair of arms. Whacking a carpet on the clothesline. Hang ( out) the clothes on the line.
    她有着一双结实的胳膊，嘭嘭地拍打搭在晾衣绳上的地毯。
16. They dug this whacking great hole.
    他们挖了这样一个大得惊人的洞。
17. With his right hand he unrelentingly kept whacking me with that umbrella.
    而右手则不停地用伞来打我。
18. They were fined a whacking? 100000.
    他们被罚了10万英镑的巨款。
19. Maybe you don't feel like you're whacking us with a stick, but we certainly feel like we've been whacked with a stick.
    也许，你不感觉好象你用棍重击我们，但是我们必然感觉到我们已被棍重击了。
20. A pair of fat whacking feet in the footsteps of India in the hospital's birth certificate.
    一双胖脚丫的足迹印在了医院的出生证明上。
21. Just her, like, whacking away with the skillet.
    只有她才会用煎锅打自己。
22. It was the very same man who now, as I'm writing, keeps whacking me, mechanically and impassively, with an umbrella.
    结果我发现，就是这个我正在谈论的男人在打我，他现在还不停地用伞打我，动作机械、毫无表情。

noun

1. the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

   Synonym:    beatingthrashinglickingdrubbinglacingtrouncing

adj

1. (British informal) enormous
   1. a whacking phone bill
   2. a whacking lie

adv

1. extremely
   1. a whacking good story