flogging

名词 flogging:

1. beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
   同义词：whipping, tanning, lashing, flagellation

动词 flog:

1. beat severely with a whip or rod
   同义词：flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce
2. beat with a cane
   同义词：cane, flog, lambaste, lambast

1. He's flogging a dead horse in trying to persuade people to use canals instead of roads.
   他拼命地劝人不要使用公路而去使用运河，真是枉费口舌。
2. Flogging a new book.
   猛烈抨击一本新书
3. Punishment by whipping or flogging.
   鞭打惩罚，鞭笞惩罚