spankings

As a child, I always feared getting a spanking when I broke a rule.

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.

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.

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。