English Dictionary

beat up

動詞

他動詞 廃用 再帰形 第二次世界大戦期パイロット用語 自動詞 古風

(transitive) To give a severe beating to; to assault violently with repeated blows. / (obsolete) To attack suddenly; to alarm.

日本語の意味

暴行を加える、激しく殴る / 突然襲う（古風な用法）

The gang threatened to beat up anyone who crossed their turf.

そのギャングは縄張りを越えた者をひどく殴ると脅した。

意味（1）

(transitive) To give a severe beating to; to assault violently with repeated blows.

I got beaten up by thugs on my way home.

意味（2）

(obsolete) To attack suddenly; to alarm.

At breach of wall, or hedge surprise, / She shared i' th' hazard, and the prize: / At beating quarters up, or forage, / Behaved herself with matchless courage

意味（3）

To cause, by some other means, injuries comparable to the result of being beaten up.

He [= a paraglider pilot] flew into a hill and beat himself up pretty badly.

意味（4）

(reflexive) To feel badly guilty and accuse oneself over something. (Usually followed by over or about.)

Don't beat yourself up over such a minor mistake.

意味（5）

(military, WW2 air pilots' usage) To repeatedly bomb a military target or targets.

意味（6）

To get something done (derived from the idea of beating for game).

意味（7）

(intransitive, nautical) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.

意味（8）

(intransitive, dated) To disturb; to pay an untimely visit to.

意味（9）

(intransitive, dated) To go diligently about in order to get helpers or participants in an enterprise.

to beat up for recruits, or for volunteers

beats up （ present singular third-person ）

beating up （ participle present ）

beat up （ past ）

beaten up （ participle past ）

beat up （ US colloquial participle past ）