v.舔；轻拍；击败；掠过
n.舔；少许；打；速度
The kitty licked up the milk. 小猫舔光了牛奶。
Waves lick the side of a boat. 浪花轻拍着小舟的船舷。
It was easy for our team to lick theirs. 我们队很容易打败他们队。
The flames licked up everything. 火焰将一切烧尽。
用作名词 (n.)He gave the bowl a thorough lick. 他把饭碗舔得一干二净。
The boat would look better with a lick of paint. 这小船稍加颜色就好看了。
I cannot lick a fault out of him. 我无论怎样打都改不了他的缺点。
The camp was delirious with hope, we had licked the Germans, and we were going to lick the Japanese. 全营的人在日日狂喜中怀着希望，德国被我们打垮了，日本还能持久吗？
lick的基本意思是“舔”,其主语可以是动物或人。引申可表示“打”“打败”,指占上风而使失败者处于完全屈从、无能为力的境况。
lick多用作及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语,也可接以形容词充当补足语的复合宾语。
lick有时也可用作不及物动词,意为“走”“匆忙”。
