LEARNit Dictionary

beat

verb
A2
1
A2
to defeat somebody in a game or competition
شکست دادن, مغلوب کردن, پیروزی بر
2
B2
to do or be better than something
پیشی گرفتن, غلبه کردن
Nothing beats home cooking.
You can't beat Italian shoes.
For a break in the sun, Thailand is hard to beat.
They want to beat the speed record.
This is his latest attempt to beat the world record.
3
B2
to get control of something
غلبه کردن, کنترل کردن
The government's main aim is to beat inflation.
4
B2
to be too difficult for somebody
بیش از توانایی بودن, بالا بودن از سطح توانایی
It is a problem that beats even the experts.
It beats me why he did it.
What beats me is how it was done so quickly.
‘Where's she gone?’ ‘Beats me.’
synonym defeat
5
to avoid something
اجتناب کردن از, دوری کردن
If we go early we should beat the traffic.
We were up and off early to beat the heat.
6
B2
to hit a person hard and many times in order to hurt them
کتک زدن
At that time children were regularly beaten for quite minor offences .
A man was found beaten to death.
The prisoners were beaten into submission .
They beat him unconscious .
The men took him out into the street and beat him senseless.
7
B2
to hit something hard several times
ضربه زدن, کوبیدن, کوفتن
Somebody was beating at the door.
Hailstones beat against the window.
Someone was beating a drum.
I was beating dust out of the rugs .
8
B2
to make, or cause something to make, a regular sound or movement
ضربان کردن, طپیدن, کوبیدن با نظم, ضرب گرفتن
She's alive—her heart is still beating.
His heart started beating faster.
We heard the drums beating.
The bird was beating its wings frantically.
9
B2
to mix something with short quick movements with a fork, etc.
هم زدن, سریع مخلوط کردن
Beat the eggs up to a frothy consistency.
Beat the mixture well, until it is light and creamy.
Add three eggs, lightly beaten.
Beat the flour and milk together.
10
to change the shape of something, especially metal, by hitting it with a hammer, etc.
چکش‌کاری کردن, کوبیدن, شکل دادن, آهنگری کردن
The gold is beaten out into thin strips.
beaten silver
The metal had been beaten flat.
11
to make a path, etc. by walking somewhere or by pressing branches down and walking over them
بازکردن راه, ساختن مسیر, لگدکوب کردن, صاف کردن مسیر, هموار کردن
a well-beaten track
The hunters beat a path through the undergrowth.
noun
B2
1
B2
a single hit to something, such as a drum, or a movement of something, such as your heart; the sound that this makes
ضربان, کوبش, ضربه, صدای ضربه, تپش
2
B2
a series of regular hits to something, such as a drum; the sound that this makes
ضربان, کوبش, ضرب, ضربه, صدای ضربه
the steady beat of the drums
She felt the beat of his heart.
see also heartbeat
3
B2
the main rhythm, or a unit of rhythm, in a piece of music, a poem, etc.
ضرب, ریتم, وزن
This type of music has a strong beat to it.
The piece has four beats to the bar.
Pause for two beats and then repeat the chorus.
The track opens with a pounding drum beat.
She tapped her fingers to the beat of the music.
4
the area that a police officer walks around regularly and which they are responsible for
منطقه گشت‌زنی, حوزه استحفاظی, مسیر گشت, محدوده نظارت
More police officers out on the beat may help to cut crime.
adjective
1
very tired
خیلی خسته, خسته, کوفته, فرسوده, درمانده