N a complete defeat; a sound beating 惨败; 沉重打击 [美国英语] [slang]
anyone who gives a shellacking to their bigger neighbours
To find the answer, look to the recent Olympics shellacking Russia took at the hands of the Canadians in hockey.
要找到答案，让我们先看看最近那次冬奥会上俄罗斯队惨败于加拿大队的冰球赛。
The fact that the trip comes so soon after a "shellacking" in the mid-term elections makes it even more important.
中期选举的失利，让紧随其后的印度访问显得更加重要。
A "shellacking" is an especially bad defeat. And that was how President Obama described the elections on Tuesday.
奥巴马就是用这个词来描述周二的中期选举。
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