| ترجمات إضافية |
| beat [sth] vtr | slang (be preferable) | أروع من شيء |
| | Nothing beats a chocolate cake fresh from the oven. |
| | لا شيء أروع من قالب الحلوى بالشوكولاتة وهو يخرج من الفرن. |
| beat doing [sth] vtr | slang (be preferable) | أفضل من شيء، أروع من شيء |
| | Playing in a band as a professional musician beats doing a boring office job. Sitting here in the coffee shop with you sure beats working! |
| | العزف في فرقة كموسيقيّ محترف أروع من القيام بعمل مكتبيّ مملّ. الجلوس هنا في المقهى برفقتك أروع بكثير من العمل! |
| beat adj | US, informal, colloquial (exhausted) | مرهق، منهك |
| | After a long day at work, Keith's father is beat when he comes home. |
| Beat adj | historical (beatnik) (ثقافة شبابية فرعية من الخمسينيات) | "بِيتنِك"، "بِيت" |
| | Kerouac is the most famous of the Beat poets. |
| beat n | (musical note) | نوتة |
| | You must remember to play harder on the accented beats. |
| beat n | (stroke, blow) | ضربة، خبطة |
| | The beat of the workers' hammers gave Sue a headache. |
| beat n | (heartbeat) | دقة |
| | In her excitement, Fran could feel the beat of her heart. |
| beat n | (police officer's round) | جولة شرطة |
| | Officer Smith pounded the beat all day long. |
| beat⇒ vi | (heart: throb) | يدق، ينبض |
| | The doctor listened to see if the man's heart was beating. |
| beat vi | (wings: flap) | يرفرف |
| | The eagle's wings did not beat as it glided through the air. |
| beat vi | (nautical: tack) (في الملاحة) | يتخذ خطًّا متعرّجًا |
| | There was a headwind so the sailors had to beat along the coast. |
| beat [sb]⇒ vtr | informal (arrive before) | يسبق |
| | I bet we will beat you! We drive much faster. |
| beat [sth]⇒ vtr | (tap out: a rhythm) | يعزف |
| | The drummer beat the rhythm on the bass drum. |
| beat [sth] vtr | (metal: flatten) | يطرق |
| | The craftsman beat the piece of metal until it was very thin. |
| beat [sb] to [sth]⇒ vtr | (arrive before) | يسبق شخصًا إلى شيء |
| | Thompson beat the other runners to the finish line. |
| beat [sth]⇒ vtr | (hunting: rouse game) (لتطيير حيوان فيُصطاد) | يخبط شيئًا |
| | A group of local boys were paid to beat the undergrowth for pheasants. |
أفعال مركّبيّة
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| beat about vi phrasal | (search thoroughly, scour) | يبحث جيدًا |
| beat about vi phrasal | (nautical: tack into the wind) (سفينة في البحر) | يغيّر مساره |
beat [sth/sb] back,
beat back [sth/sb] vtr phrasal sep | (push, repel) | يصدّ شيئًا/شخصًا، يُرجع شيئًا/شخصًا، يردّ شيئًا/شخصًا |
| | We were able to beat back the flames before they reached the house. |
| | استطعنا أن نردّ ألسنة اللهب قبل أن تبلغ البيت. |
| beat down vi phrasal | (sun: shine brightly and hot) (الشمس) | يضرب |
| | The sun was beating down on our backs. |
| | كانت الشمس تضرب على ظهورنا. |
| beat down vi phrasal | (rain: pour heavily) (المطر) | ينهمر بغزارة |
| | The rain beat down so hard on the apple tree that in the morning half of the apples were on the ground. |
| beat [sb] down vtr phrasal sep | informal, figurative (negotiate lower price from) | يساوم شخصًا لخفض السعر |
| | Amy beat the seller down to £20 for the vase. |
| beat [sth] down vtr phrasal sep | informal, figurative (price: negotiate lower) | يخفض شيئًا، يُنزل شيئًا |
| | We beat the price down to $45. |
| beat [sb] down vtr phrasal sep | informal, figurative (demoralize) (مجازي) | يحطم، يسحق |
| | | يوهن عزيمة شخص |
| | Doris admitted that life was beating her down. |
beat [sth] down,
beat down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | figurative (suppress) | يتغلب على شيء |
| | Deborah beat down her fear of flying and got on the plane to visit her daughter in Australia. |
| beat off vi phrasal | vulgar, informal (masturbate) | يستمني |
| | He managed to beat off without his roommate hearing. |
beat [sb] off,
beat off [sb] vtr phrasal sep | vulgar, informal (masturbate) | يستمني شخصًا |
| ملاحظة: قد تجد أقرب مرادف للتعبير الإنجليزي بالعامية نظرًا لاختلاف الأسلوب بين الفصحى والعامية |
| | She was beating him off. |
beat out [sth],
beat [sth] out vtr phrasal insep | (strike: a rhythm) (إيقاعًا) | يعزف |
| | Rufus began beating out a rhythm on the drums. |
beat out [sb],
beat [sb] out vtr phrasal sep | US, informal (outdo competitor) | يتفوق على شخص، يغلب شخصًا |
| | The other team beat us out for the championship. |
| beat [sb] up vtr phrasal sep | informal (assault) | يوسع شخصًا ضربًا |
| | A group of youths beat Henry up. |
صيغ مركبة:
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beat a dead horse,
flog a dead horse v expr | figurative (pursue a hopeless cause) | ينفخ في قربة مقطوعة، يحاول عبثًا |
| | I tried to convince him to come with us, but felt that I was beating a dead horse. |
| beat a path to [sb]'s door v expr | figurative (be keen to meet with [sb]) | يتهافت على، يتجمع بكثرة حول |
| | If you have a good idea, investors will beat a path to your door. |
| | إذا كانت لديك فكرة جيدة فسيتهافت المستثمرون عليك. |
beat around the bush,
also UK: beat about the bush v expr | figurative (avoid getting to the point) (مجازي) | يلفّ، يلفّ ويدور |
| | Stop beating around the bush and give me the real reason! |
| beat [sb]'s brains out v expr | (physically beat [sb] severely) | يضرب شخصًا ضربًا مبرِّحًا |
beat [sb/sth] hollow,
also US: beat [sb/sth] all hollow v expr | (defeat) | يهزم شخصًا/شيئًا شرّ هزيمة |
| beat it interj | slang (go away) | ارحل!، اذهب! |
| | No, I won't give you any money. Now, beat it! |
| beat it v expr | slang (leave, go) | يذهب، يخرج، يغادر المكان |
| | The police showed up and we knew it was time to beat it. |
beat [sb/sth] off,
beat off [sb/sth] vtr + adv | (repel, fight back) | يردّ شخصًا/شيئًا، يصدّ شخصًا/شيئًا |
| | The pensioner fought back and succeeded in beating off his attackers. |
beat off [sth],
beat [sth] off vtr + adv | figurative (defeat) | يردّ على شيء |
| | (مجازي) | يُخرِس شيئًا |
| | He managed to beat off intense criticism from both left and right en route to the nomination. |
| beat the air v expr | (wings, etc.: flap) (أجنحة...) | يَخفق |
| beat the air v expr | figurative (attempt and fail repeatedly) | يذهب تعبه سدى |
| beat the bushes for [sth/sb] v expr | figurative (search) | يبحث عن شيء/شخص |
| beat the crap out of [sb/sth] v expr | vulgar, potentially offensive, informal (beat physically) | يضرب شخصًا/شيئًا ضربًا مبرحًا |
| | He threatened to beat the crap out of me if I didn't pay him by the end of the week. |
| beat the drum for [sth] v expr | figurative (promote) | يقود حملة، يشجع، يؤيد |
| | The environmental activist goes around the world beating the drum for energy reform. |
beat the living daylights out of [sb],
also US: beat the daylights out of [sb] v expr | informal (beat up badly) | يضرب شخصًا ضربًا مبرِّحًا |
| beat the odds v expr | (do [sth] unlikely) | يتجاوز العقبات، يفعل المستحيل |
| | | يقهر المرض |
| | Joseph beat the odds and recovered from his cancer. |
| beat the rap v expr | slang (escape blame, be acquitted) | يُفلت من عقاب، يتملّص من عقوبة |
| beat the s*** out of [sb/sth] v expr | vulgar, offensive!, informal (beat physically) | يضرب شخصًا/شيئًا ضربَا مبرحًا |
| | We got into a fistfight and he beat the s*** out of me. |
| beat the system v expr | (find a way around rules) | يتحايل على النظام، يلتفّ حول القوانين |
| beat [sb] to a pulp v expr | figurative (give [sb] a severe physical beating) | يضرب شخصًا ضربًا مبرحًا |
| beat [sb/sth] to death v expr | (cause death by hitting repeatedly) | يضرب شخصًا/شيئًا حتى الموت |
| | The thieves beat the man to death in order to steal his wallet. |
| beat [sb] to it v expr | informal (do [sth] before [sb] else) | يسبق شخصًا إلى شيء |
| | I was about to give the answer but she beat me to it. |
| beat to quarters v expr | (nautical: summon crew) | يستدعي الطاقم، يطلب المساعدة |
| beat [sb] to the draw v expr | figurative (be faster than [sb]) | يسبق شخصًا |
| beat yourself up v expr | figurative, informal (feel guilty or bad) | يشعر بالذنب، يشعر بالسوء |
| | It was just an honest mistake, so you shouldn't beat yourself up about it. |
| beat-up adj | US, slang (vehicle: in poor condition) | في حالة سيئة |
| ملاحظة: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
| | Rick drives a beat-up pickup truck. |
| beat up on yourself v expr | US, informal (feel guilty or bad) | يلوم نفسه، يحمّل نفسه الذنب |
| beat-up car n | US, slang (car in poor condition) | سيارة في حالة رديئة |
| | I love my beat-up car, even though it´s covered in dents and scratches. |
| | إنني أحب سيارتي التي في حالة رديئة على الرغم من أنها مليئة بالإنبعاجات والخدوش. |
| dead beat adj | informal (completely exhausted) | مرهَق للغاية، منهوك القوى |
drop,
beat drop,
bass drop n | (music: change in rhythm, bass) | تبدّل الإيقاع |
| on the beat expr | (in the correct rhythm, tempo) | على الإيقاع |
| on the beat expr | (on patrol) | في دوريّة |
| pound the beat v expr | (police officer: patrol) (شرطيّ) | يقوم بجولته |
| skip a beat v expr | figurative (heart: miss a beat with excitement) (مجازي: القلب، نتيجة أمر مثير) | يختلج، يتوقف لحظة |
| skip a beat v expr | (rhythm: miss a beat) (في الإيقاع) | يغفل عن ضربة |
| to beat the band expr | US, informal, figurative (to a high degree) | إلى أقصى حد ممكن |
| | | بأعلى...؛ بأسرع... |
| you beat me to it expr | (you did it first) | سبقتني، سبقتني إلى ذلك |
| | I was going to order a pizza, but you beat me to it. |