give sb a spanking
口语中最常用的说法,指用手或物件打屁股作为惩罚。
His mother gave him a spanking for lying.
他因为撒谎被妈妈打了一顿屁股。
打屁股（作为体罚）
打屁股；拍打屁股（非惩罚性的）；一种打屁股的体罚形式。；此类惩罚的一次事件；也指非惩罚性场合下的此类行为,如生日打屁股。；拍击；打屁股
A form of physical punishment in which someone is hit on the buttocks.
一种打屁股的体罚形式。
A form of physical punishment in which a beating is applied to the buttocks.
此类惩罚的一次事件；也指非惩罚性场合下的此类行为,如生日打屁股。
An incident of such punishment, or such physical act in a non-punitive context, such as a birthday spanking.
As a child, I always feared getting a spanking when I broke a rule.
小时候，每当我不守规矩，我总是害怕被打屁股。
用法提示：spanking 作名词，指‘打屁股’这种体罚；get a spanking 表示‘挨打屁股’。
The babysitter told the boy that his father would give him a spanking if he kept shouting.
保姆告诉那个男孩，如果他继续大喊大叫，他父亲会打他屁股。
用法提示：spanking 作名词，用 give someone a spanking 表示‘打某人一顿屁股’。
Many parents today prefer time-outs to spanking as a way to discipline children.
如今许多父母宁愿用罚站，也不愿用打屁股来管教孩子。
用法提示：spanking 作名词，此处作介词 to 的宾语，表示‘打屁股’这种管教方式。
口语中最常用的说法,指用手或物件打屁股作为惩罚。
His mother gave him a spanking for lying.
他因为撒谎被妈妈打了一顿屁股。
从被打者的角度说,常用 get 或 receive 搭配 a spanking。
The little boy got a spanking after he broke the vase.
那个小男孩打碎花瓶后挨了一顿打屁股。
用 with 引出所威胁的惩罚手段,语气多为家长对孩子的管教。
She threatened her son with a spanking if he didn't stop shouting.
她威胁儿子说,如果他不停止大叫就打他屁股。
指生日时半开玩笑地打屁股,带戏谑意味,并非真正的惩罚。
At the party they gave her a birthday spanking, one light smack for each year.
聚会上他们给她来了一顿生日打屁股,每岁轻拍一下。
grammar · medium
易错句子The teacher gave the naughty boy spanking.
正确表达The teacher gave the naughty boy a spanking.
spanking 表示“一次打屁股”时是可数名词，单数泛指前要加不定冠词 a；汉语没有冠词，学习者容易漏掉。
grammar · medium
易错句子She did a spanking on her son.
正确表达She gave her son a spanking.
英语固定搭配是 give sb a spanking，表示“打某人一顿屁股”，不用 do a spanking on sb；不要按汉语“做/打”逐字对应。
grammar · medium
易错句子He got much spanking when he was a child.
正确表达He got many spankings when he was a child.
spanking 指“一次次打屁股的事件”时可数，复数用 spankings，并用 many 修饰；much 只能修饰不可数名词。
smacking 多用于英式英语，指用手掌拍打，落点可以是脸、手或屁股，常指打孩子；spanking 专指打在屁股上，作名词时特指体罚或生日时拍屁股这一行为。两者在“打孩子”语境下确有重叠，但要说“打在脸上”只能用 smacking，说“打屁股”则 spanking 更准确。
paddling 强调用木板（paddle）打屁股，多见于美国学校体罚的语境，隐含工具是板子；spanking 是更通用的说法，用手或工具都行。强调“用手打屁股”时不能用 paddling。
beating 泛指反复殴打，不限部位和方式，语气更重，常暗示被打伤；spanking 只指打屁股，通常是一种管教手段，程度较轻。若强调打的部位是臀部且带惩戒意味，用 spanking 更贴切。
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