whiplash

🇺🇸 /ˈwɪplæʃ/ 🇬🇧 /ˈwɪplæʃ/
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noun
R

A sudden, sharp movement that is similar to the action of a whip cracking.

The sudden announcement took everyone by whiplash.

突如其來的宣布讓所有人都措手不及。

R

An injury to the neck that happens when your head quickly moves forward and then backward, often caused by a car accident.

After the car crash, she experienced severe whiplash.

車禍後,她遭受了嚴重的頸部扭傷。

translation

n. 猛抽, 揮鞭傷

詞形變化

Plural whiplashes