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用法学习: 1. "beat someone off" I. Fend off =  fight off =  ward off 击退, 打退, 打败 to successfully fight back against an attacker or to defeat a competitor. to manage to defeat someone who is attacking you: She beat off her attacker by hitting him with her purse. figurative The company managed to beat off the competition and secure the contract. "She managed to beat off her attacker with a heavy bag". "The company beat off fierce competition to win the contract". In this clip from "Good Morning Britain," Dan Stevens discusses his role in the movie "The Guest." Things take a humorous turn when the interviewer uses the phrase "beat him off," leading to a hilarious double entendre: "This is you as an all-American and a big opportunity for you in Hollywood. You must have had beaten off a lot of American men to get this part. Why did that make you giggle? Did you not have to beat them off? With a big stick? I imagine there were quite a few men up for this role as well. " (all-American =  TYPICALLY AMERICAN I. considered to be typical of the US, and respected and approved of by Americans. If you describe someone as an all-American boy or girl, you mean that they seem to have all the typical qualities that are valued by ordinary Americans, such as good looks and love of their country. ...the image of the standard all-American boy. He was the perfect image of a clean-cut, all-American boy. II. used to refer to an amateur sports person from the US who is considered to be one of the best in their sport: an all-American football player. ) II. Vulgar Slang informal American English 手淫 a vulgar slang term for masturbation, specifically referring to a man. Because of this widespread sexual connotation, many native speakers avoid using "beat off" in professional or polite settings and prefer alternatives like "fight off" or "repel" to avoid a double entendre. beat something out I. 敲打. 击打. to make sounds that have a particular rhythm by hitting something such as a drum: The drummer beat out a steady rhythm while we marched. II. to make a fire go out by hitting it repeatedly with an object, such as a large piece of cloth: She beat the flames out 扑灭火 with her bare hands. III. to defeat someone or do better than them in a competition, sport, or business: They beat out several other rivals for the contract. III. mainly US In baseball, if you beat out a hit, you reach first base just before the defence can throw the ball there to put you out: He beat out an infield single. With his speed, he can beat out throws to first base, and then steal second. Torres hustled and beat out the throw to first. beat out someone 打败, 打退, 打赢 I. to defeat or finish before a competitor: Chicago beat out Washington for the last playoff spot. II. to be more successful than your competitors: The New York-based accounting and consulting firm beat out eight rival bids to win the contract. 2. riot noun. I. an occasion when a large number of people behave in a noisy, violent, and uncontrolled way in public, often as a protest: The militia dispersed the rioters. At least fifteen people are now known to have died in three days of rioting. Food protests and riots 骚乱, 暴乱, 暴动 (rioter 暴乱者) have erupted in more than 30 countries. In the riot, the statues were toppled from their pedestals. Police used tear gas to put the riot down. The weeks following the riots were extremely tense. The prison riots have sharpened the debate about how prisons should be run. According to unconfirmed reports, two people were killed in the riots last night. a noisy and violent public gathering: The streets in this district include South Central Los Angeles, where the riots broke out two years ago. II. old-fashioned informal a very funny or entertaining occasion or person. A riot is also something very amusing: The show was a riot. "How was the party?" "It was great - we had a riot." I met Mike's brother for the first time - he's a riot. a riot of colour 五颜六色, 鲜艳, 多姿多彩, 色彩丰富, 万紫千红 extremely colourful and bright. If you say that there is a riot of something pleasant such as colour, you mean that there is a large amount of various types of it. All the cacti were in flower, so that the desert was a riot of colour. ...a riot of tastes and spices. Jim's rose garden is a riot of colour. verb. I. to take part in a riot. If people riot, they behave violently in a public place. Last year 600 inmates rioted, starting fires and building barricades. They rioted in protest against the government. Students are rioting in the streets of the capital. read someone the riot act If someone in authority reads you the riot act, they tell you that you will be punished unless you start behaving properly. I'm glad you read the riot act to Billy. He's still a kid and still needs to be told what to do. to run riot I. 乱跑. 疯跑. If people run riot, they behave in a wild and uncontrolled manner. If people run riot, they behave in a way that is not controlled, running in all directions or being noisy or violent: I dread them coming here because they let their kids run riot. Rampaging prisoners ran riot through the jail. II. If your imagination runs riot, you have a lot of strange, exciting, or surprising thoughts: My imagination was running riot, thinking of all the ways that I could spend the money.