1. Except for his thrashing, the air above was as calm as the water below, and just as dark. 除了他的冲击之外，海面上的空气也和海面下的水一样平静，一样黑暗。
2. Ms Rhee is thrashing out a deal with union leaders that would raise teachers' wages dramatically. 她正在与教师工会领导人商讨一项大幅提高教师工资的协议。
3. As I sat down on that hot and humid evening, there seemed to be no solutions to the problems thrashing around in my brain. 当我在那个炎热潮湿的夜晚里坐下来，似乎在我脑里出现的问题似乎没有了解决办法。
英英解释
n.
1. a sound defeat
2. the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
