lash out ( lashing, lashed, lashes )

• 1. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you lash out, you attempt to hit someone quickly and violently with a weapon or with your hands or feet. 猛击

  例：

  Riot police fired in the air and lashed out with clubs to disperse hundreds of demonstrators.

  防暴警察向空中开了枪，并猛击警棍来驱散数百名示威者。

• 2. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you lash out at someone or something, you speak to them or about them very angrily or critically. 痛斥

  例：

  As a politician Jefferson frequently lashed out at the press.

  作为一名政治家，杰斐逊曾屡次痛斥新闻媒体。