1. 鞭子
    A whip is a long thin piece of material such as leather or rope, fastened to a stiff handle. It is used for hitting people or animals.

2. 鞭打(人或动物)
    If someone whips a person or animal, they beat them or hit them with a whip or something like a whip.

    e.g. Eyewitnesses claimed Mr Melton whipped the horse up to 16 times...
           目击证人称梅尔顿先生抽打了这匹马16鞭之多。
    e.g. He was whipped with a studded belt.
           他被用带有饰钉的皮带抽打。

3. (风等)猛烈地抽打
    If something, for example the wind, whips something, it strikes it sharply.

    e.g. A terrible wind whipped our faces...
           狂风抽打着我们的脸。
    e.g. A branch whipped her across the cheek.
           一根树枝抽打到了她的脸颊。

4. (在外力作用下)猛然移动
    If something flexible whips in a particular way, it moves sharply when it is affected by a force, for example by the wind.

    e.g. Blond strands of hair whipped in the wind.
           缕缕金发在风中飘扬。

5. 快速移开;快速拿走
    If someone whips something out or whips it off, they take it out or take it off very quickly and suddenly.

    e.g. Bob whipped out his notebook...
           鲍勃迅速掏出他的笔记本。
    e.g. Players were whipping their shirts off...
           运动员们在飞快地脱衬衫。

6. 迅速地移动
    If something or someone whips somewhere, they move there or go there very quickly.

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    e.g. The wind out here is whipping along at about 30 miles an hour...
           在这里，大风以每小时大约30英里的速度刮着。
    e.g. I whipped into a parking space.
           我迅速地驶入一个停车位。

7. 搅打(奶油或鸡蛋等)
    When you whip something liquid such as cream or an egg, you stir it very fast until it is thick or stiff.

    e.g. Whip the cream until thick...
           搅打奶油直到它变黏稠。
    e.g. Whip the eggs, oils and honey together.
           把鸡蛋、油和蜂蜜搅打在一起。

8. (故意)激起(情绪)
    If you whip people into an emotional state, you deliberately cause and encourage them to be in that state.

    e.g. He could whip a crowd into hysteria...
           他能让一群人变得歇斯底里。
    e.g. Politicians and businessmen have whipped themselves into a panic.
           政治家和商人们把他们自己弄得十分恐慌。

9. 组织秘书，党鞭（维持党纪并督导该党议员出席议会重要议题的讨论和表决的人）
    A whip is a member of a political party in a parliament or legislature who is responsible for making sure that party members are present to vote on important issues and that they vote in the appropriate way.

10. 控制权;主导地位
      If you have the whip hand, you have power over someone else in a particular situation.

      e.g. These days the shopper has the whip hand, and will not buy if stores fail to lower their prices.
             如今购物者占主导地位，如果商店不降价，他们是不会买的。

11. a fair crack of the whip -> see crack

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