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: several loud beats on the drum /ITRtfiitfc 0
His heart missed a beat when he saw her.
— ffl IIP , life W V % 7 — !F e 2 [sing.] a
series of regular blows to sth, such as a drum; the sound that this makes ^( P
) : the steady beat of the drums —
see also heartbeat
►
RHYTHM r'j # 3 [C] the main rhythm, or a unit of
rhythm, in a piece of music, a poem, etc. ( #%k>
^ ift ) ± ^ H^ : This type of music has a strong
beat to tfe 0
The piece has four
beats to the bar.
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OF POLICE OFFICER Wl.
4 [C] the area which a police
officer walks around regularly and which he or
she is responsible for If E ; $g E; if lx : More
police
officers out on the beat may help to cut crime. jjflMif
fT»T7n see heart,
walk v.
» adj. [not before noun] (informal)
= dead beat beat-box /'biitbnks; NAmE -ba:ks/ noun (informal) 1 an electronic machine that produces
drum sounds s 2 a radio, cassette player,
etc. that can be carried around and is used for playing loud music
.beaten-1
up adj. =
beat-up beat-er
/’bi:ta(r)/ noun 1 (often in compounds ^is]) a tool used
for beating things :
a carpet beater ife H #1 V 0 an egg beater 2 a person
employed to drive birds and animals out of bushes, etc., into the open, so they
can be shot for sport wmyo# (
AM$n ) 3 {NAmE, informal)
= banger(2) —see also
WORLD-BEATER
the
'beat generation noun [sing.] a group of young people in the 1950s and early 1960s who
rejected the way most people lived in society, wanted to express themselves
freely, and liked modem jazz If
[ft- ft ( ^ 20
mi 50 ^ftffl 60
beatific /.biie’tifik/ adj. (formal) showing
great joy and peace (ft ; ^ fg (ft : a beatific smile/
expression
beatify
/bi’aetifai/
verb (beatifies, be-ati-fy-ing, beatified, be-ati-fied) [VN] (of the Pope ffc J|)
to give a dead person a special honour by stating officially that he/she is
very holy A ( M # ) Vs s. fg — compare bless, canonize ► be-ati-fi-ca-tion /bi.aetrfik’eijn/ noun
[C, U] beat
ing /'biitir)/
noun 1 [C] an act of hitting sb hard and repeatedly, as a punishment or
in a fight Sfg fj; ; fE?
fT: to
give sb a beating M 2 [C] (informal)
a
very heavy defeat'[#K; The team has taken
a few beatings this season.
££ 0 3 [U] a series of regular blows to sth such
as a
drum, or movements of sth, such as your heart;
the sound that this makes W#L#lftSftfT ( $ ) ; W1?#lftS zfo ( jtr
) ; He could hear the beating of his own heart. ftfeVr#f!l i SW'Mo 0 the beating of
drums/wings jft Ml take some ’beating (BrE) to be difficult to do or be better than
Xf #; As
a place to live,
be ati tude /bi’aetitjuid; NAmE -tu:d/ noun
the Beatitudes [pi.] (in
the Bible ) the eight statements
made by Christ about people who are blessed Afg,
)
beat nik /‘biitnik/ noun a young person in
the 1950s and early 1960s who rejected the way of life of ordinary society and
showed this by behaving and dressing in a different way from most people “1#
J£(ft
-ft”
ift# ¥ (20 m^ so m-tR 60
.beat-'up
(also .beaten-’up) adj. [usually before noun] (informal)
old and damaged SJ |H (ft; fi&fg^ft: a beat-up
old truck
beau /bau; NAmE bou/ noun (pi. beaux or beaus /bauz; NAmE bouz/) (old-fashioned)
a woman’s male lover or friend ( £ttlft ) HA, If®