beat

1.a regular route for a sentry or policeman;

in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name

2.the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart;

he could feel the beat of her heart

3.the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music;

the piece has a fast rhythm

4.a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations

5.a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior

6.the sound of stroke or blow;

he heard the beat of a drum

7.(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

8.a regular rate of repetition;

the cox raised the beat

9.a stroke or blow;

the signal was two beats on the steam pipe

10. the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing

11.very tired;

was all in at the end of the day

1.come out better in a competition, race, or conflict;

Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship

2.give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression;

Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night

3.hit repeatedly;

beat on the door

4.move rhythmically;

Her heart was beating fast

5.shape by beating;

beat swords into ploughshares

6.make a rhythmic sound;

Rain drummed against the windshield

7.glare or strike with great intensity;

The sun was beating down on us

8.move with a thrashing motion;

The bird flapped its wings

9.sail with much tacking or with difficulty;

The boat beat in the strong wind

10. stir vigorously;

beat the egg whites

11. strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music;

beat one's breast

12. be superior;

Reading beats watching television

13. avoid paying;

beat the subway fare

14. make a sound like a clock or a timer;

the clocks were ticking

15. move with a flapping motion;

The bird's wings were flapping

16. indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks;

Beat the rhythm

17. move with or as if with a regular alternating motion;

the city pulsated with music and excitement

18. make by pounding or trampling;

beat a path through the forest

19. produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly;

beat the drum

20. strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting

21. beat through cleverness and wit;

I beat the traffic

22. be a mystery or bewildering to;

This beats me!

23. wear out completely;

This kind of work exhausts me

1.You have to get out of the bad habit of beating your dummy.

你必须戒掉乎淫这恶习。

2.What did they do in a place like this? Beat their meat probably.

他们在这么个地方干什么？大概是手淫吧。