flagellate

英 [ˈflædʒəleɪt]

美 [ˈflædʒəleɪt]

v.  鞭笞(自己或他人，尤作为一种宗教惩罚或为获得性快感)

现在分词：flagellating　复数：flagellates　第三人称单数：flagellates　过去式：flagellated　过去分词：flagellated　

GRE

COCA.44845

牛津词典

verb

• 鞭笞（自己或他人，尤作为一种宗教惩罚或为获得性快感）
  to whip yourself or sb else, especially as a religious punishment or as a way of experiencing sexual pleasure

英英释义

noun

• a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages
  Synonym:flagellate protozoanflagellated protozoanmastigophoranmastigophore

verb

• whip
  1. The religious fanatics flagellated themselves
  Synonym:scourge

adj

• having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum)
  Synonym:flagellatedwhiplikelash-like

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