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VERB
毆打；痛打；毒打
If someone is battered, they are regularly hit and badly hurt by a member of their family or by their partner.
例句
...evidence that the child was being battered.
這個孩子被家人毒打的證據
...boys who witness fathers battering their mothers.
目睹父親毆打母親的男孩們
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VERB
（用拳頭或重物）多次重擊，連續猛打（某人）
To batter someone means to hit them many times, using fists or a heavy object.
例句
He battered her around the head...
他連續重擊她的頭部。
A karate expert battered a man to death...
一位空手道高手將一名男子毒打致死。
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VERB
（風、雨或暴風雪等）肆虐，嚴重破壞
If a place is battered by wind, rain, or storms, it is seriously damaged or affected by very bad weather.
例句
The country has been battered by winds of between fifty and seventy miles an hour.
該國遭受到時速高達50至70英里的大風襲擊，破壞嚴重。
...a storm that's been battering the Northeast coastline.
在東北海岸肆虐的暴風雨
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VERB
（用拳頭或重物）多次重擊,連續猛打（某物）
If you batter something, you hit it many times, using your fists or a heavy object.
例句
They were battering the door, they were breaking in...
他們正在使勁捶門，就要闖進來了。
Batter the steaks flat.
把牛排捶扁。
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N-VAR
（面粉、雞蛋和牛奶和成的）糊，面糊
Batter is a mixture of flour, eggs, and milk that is used in cooking.
例句
...pancake batter.
做煎餅的面糊
...fish in batter.
裹著面糊的魚
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N-COUNT
（棒球和壘球等運動中的）擊球員，擊球手
In sports such as baseball and softball, a batter is a person who hits the ball with a wooden bat.
例句
...batters and pitchers.
擊球手和投球手們