punch

punch1
verb
[with obj.]
  1. strike with the fist
    （用拳）猛击
    he punched her in the face and ran off.
    他朝她的面部猛击一拳后逃走。
    ■drive with a blow from the fist
    （用拳）推
    he punched the ball into his own goal.
    他用拳把球击进了自己的球门。
  2. press (a button or key on a machine)
    按（机器按钮，按键）
    ■(punch something in/into)enter information by this action
    （通过击打）输入信息
  3. (N. Amer.)drive (cattle) by prodding them with a stick
    (北美)（用刺棒）赶（牲口）
noun
  1. a blow with the fist
    一拳，一击
    ■[mass noun](informal)the strength needed to deliver such a blow
    (非正式)（出拳打击时所需要的）力量
    he has the punch to knock out anyone in his division.
    他有力量击败他所在级别里的任何选手。
    ■[in sing.](informal)the power to impress or startle
    (非正式)吸引（或惊人）之力
    photos give their arguments an extra visual punch.
    照片给他们的论证增添了额外的直观的说服力。
常用词组
beat someone to the punch
  1. (informal)anticipate or forestall someone's actions
    (非正式)先人一招，先发制人
punch above one's weight
  1. (informal)engage in an activity or contest perceived as being beyond one's capacity or abilities
    (非正式)勉为其难
punch the (time) clock
  1. (N. Amer.)(of an employee) clock in or out
    (北美)（雇员）打卡记录上（或下）班时间
    ■be employed in a conventional job with regular hours
    受雇于时间固定的常规工种
punch someone's lights out
  1. 见 lights
派生
puncher
noun
语源
  1. late Middle English (as a verb in the sense 'puncture, prod'): variant of pounce
继承用法
punch in (或 out)
  1. (N. Amer.)(of an employee) clock in (or out)
    (北美)（雇员）（用自动时钟）记录上（或下）班时间
punch2
noun
  1. a device or machine for making holes in materials such as paper, leather, metal, and plaster
    打孔器，穿孔机
  2. a tool or machine for impressing a design or stamping a die on a material
    压印器，冲压机
verb
  1. [with obj.]pierce a hole in (metal, paper, leather, etc.) with or as though with a punch
    用打孔器在（金属、纸张、皮革等）上打孔（或穿孔）
    ■pierce (a hole) with or as though with a punch
    用打孔器打（或穿）（孔）
语源
  1. early 16th cent.: perhaps an abbreviation of punch, or from the verb punch
punch3
noun
  1. [mass noun]a drink made from wine or spirits mixed with water, fruit juices, spices, etc., and typically served hot
    潘趣酒（一种用葡萄酒或烈性酒搀水、果汁、香料等调成的饮料，尤指热饮料）
语源
  1. mid 17th cent.: apparently from Sanskrit pañca 'five, five kinds of' (because the drink had five ingredients)
punch4
noun
  1. (Punch)a grotesque, hook-nosed humpbacked buffoon, the chief male character of the Punch and Judy show. Punch is the English variant of a stock character derived ultimately from Italian commedia dell'arte
    庞奇（奇形怪状、钩鼻、驼背的小丑，木偶戏《庞奇和朱迪》中的男主角，其原型是意大利艺术喜剧中的角色）。 亦称punchinello
  2. (全称 Suffolk punch)a draught horse of a short-legged thickset breed
    （矮壮的）萨福克驮马
常用词组
as pleased (或 proud) as Punch
  1. feeling great delight or pride. punch and judy
    乐（或傲）如庞奇的；特别高兴（或骄傲）的；洋洋得意的，骄傲自满的
语源
  1. mid 17th cent. (as a dialect term denoting a short, fat person): abbreviation of Punchinello
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