Word · Frequency #23023
spank
打屁股
To slap or smack someone's buttocks, especially as punishment.
- 1.
To beat, smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object, as punishment, or for sexual gratification.
用手或物体打某人屁股,作为惩罚或性快感。
- 2.
To move quickly and nimbly on foot; to stride or run at a brisk pace.
快速轻盈地走；大步快跑
- 3.
To soundly defeat, to trounce.
彻底击败；痛打。
- 4.
To move or turn rapidly, as the gears of a machine or the sails of a ship.
快速转动或移动
- 5.
To hit very hard.
用力打
- 6.
To shoot out or throw violently; to hurl or knock out.
猛烈抛出或击出
痛击；彻底打败；猛击；重击；快步走；疾走；猛力抛出；狠掷；快速转动；飞速运转
In use
The toddler's mother spanked his bottom when he bit his sister.
Should parents spank their children when they misbehave?
If you don't clean your room, I will spank you.
spank sb (for sth)
spank 的直接宾语通常是犯错的人（多为小孩），侧重以打屁股作为惩戒。
She spanked the boy for misbehaving.
她因为男孩不听话而打了他屁股。
spank sb's bottom/buttocks
也可以把臀部（bottom/buttocks）直接作宾语，强调所打的具体部位。
The nanny spanked the baby's bottom.
保姆打了婴儿的屁股。
get spanked (by sb)
get spanked 是被动结构，口语中常用，意思是“被打屁股”。
The child got spanked for telling a lie.
Connections
Collocations
- spank a child
- 打孩子屁股（惩戒）
- Some parents still spank a child for misbehaving.有些父母仍然会因为孩子不乖而打他屁股。
- get spanked
- 被打屁股；挨打
- The boy was afraid he would get spanked after breaking his mother's vase.那男孩打碎了母亲的花瓶，害怕自己会挨打。
- spank someone's bottom
- 打某人屁股
- She spanked her daughter's bottom lightly to teach her a lesson.她轻轻打了女儿屁股一下，想给她一个教训。
- spank the competition
- 彻底击败对手
- The startup has been spanking the competition with its low prices.这家初创公司凭借低价一直把竞争对手打得落花流水。
Idioms & figurative uses
- brand spanking new
- 全新的；崭新的He showed up in a brand spanking new suit.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：sp 像手掌，ank 像“按”，手掌按拍在屁股上，即打屁股。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：child discipline、daily conversation、intimate/erotic contexts spank 的核心义“打屁股”语气通常比较中性，常见于日常口语和育儿语境；而“彻底击败”“快速移动”等引申义多在非正式场合使用，整体语域为混合。
Grammar Note
通常及物，表示打屁股；不及物用法意为飞跑，较少见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all rhyme with spank (/spæŋk/): the stressed vowel /æ/ is followed by /ŋk/. Beware useful lookalikes that sound different: spark /spɑːrk/, spunk /spʌŋk/, and span /spæn/ do not rhyme.
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