hit or crush (something, especially an insect) with a sharp blow from a flat object
重拍(东西,尤指昆虫)
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I swatted a mosquito that had landed on my wrist 我用力拍死了一只落在我手腕上的蚊子
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[no obj.]
swatting at a fly .拍苍蝇。
hit (someone) with a sharp blow
猛击
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she swatted him over the head with a rolled-up magazine .她用一本卷起来的杂志猛敲他的头。
such a sharp blow
强烈的一击
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the dog gave the hedgehog a sideways swat .狗从侧面猛咬了刺猬一口。
"early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘sit down’): northern English dialect and US variant of