Battered

Definition

batter 1 /'bætǝ(r)/ v ~ (at/on) sth (esp passive) အဆက္မျပတ္ ထုႏွက္သည္။ She battered at the door with her fists. ❍ He kept battering away until I let him in. ❍ battered babies/wives (ie ones that suffer repeated violence from their parents/husbands). ❏ batter sth down [ PHRV ] ႐ိုက္ခ်ဳိးသည္။ ခ်ဳိးဖ်က္သည္။ If they won't let us in we may have to batter the door down. ❏ battered adj ခ်ံဳးခ်ံဳးက်ေသာ။ ဖြတ္ဖြတ္ေၾကေသာ။ a battered old hat ❍ Your car looks a bit battered. ❏ battering-ram n ခံတပ္ၿမိဳ႕တံခါးေဆာင့္ၿဖိဳရာတြင္ သံုးေသာ ဝက္ခြတံုးဆြဲေမာင္းစက္။ ❏ batter sth to sth [ PHRV ] စိစိေၾကေအာင္ထုႏွက္သည္။ The huge waves battered the wrecked ship to pieces. ❍ The victim's face was battered to a pulp. batter 2 /'bætǝ(r)/ n [U] ဂ်ံဳမႈန္႔၊ ၾကက္ဥ၊ ႏို႔ရည္ေရာထားေသာ အႏွစ္။ fish fried in batter ❍ pancake batter. batter 3 ❍ BAT 1

Examples

1. The court heard that he had battered his wife to death.
2. The rain battered against the windows.
3. Huge waves battered the little ship.
4. The team’s confidence was battered beyond recognition by the 52–10 defeat.