• a regular route for a sentry or policeman

  "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name"

  同义词： round

• the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart

  "he could feel the beat of her heart"

  同义词： pulse pulsation heartbeat

• the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music

  "the conductor set the beat"

  同义词： rhythm musical rhythm

• a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations
• a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior

  同义词： beatnik

• the sound of stroke or blow

  "he heard the beat of a drum"

• (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

  同义词： meter metre measure cadence

• a regular rate of repetition

  "the cox raised the beat"

• a stroke or blow

  "the signal was two beats on the steam pipe"

• the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing

• come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

  "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; " We beat the competition"

  同义词： beat out crush shell trounce vanquish

• give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression

  "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; " The teacher used to beat the students"

  同义词： beat up work over

• hit repeatedly

  "beat on the door"; " beat the table with his shoe"

• move rhythmically

  "Her heart was beating fast"

  同义词： pound thump

• shape by beating

  "beat swords into ploughshares"

• make a rhythmic sound

  "The drums beat all night"

  同义词： drum thrum

• glare or strike with great intensity

  "The sun was beating down on us"

• move with a thrashing motion

  "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky"

  同义词： flap

• sail with much tacking or with difficulty

  "The boat beat in the strong wind"

• stir vigorously

  "beat the egg whites"; " beat the cream"

  同义词： scramble

• strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music

  "beat one's breast"; " beat one's foot rhythmically"

• be superior

  "Reading beats watching television"; " This sure beats work!"

• avoid paying

  "beat the subway fare"

  同义词： bunk

• make a sound like a clock or a timer

  "the grandfather clock beat midnight"

  同义词： tick ticktock ticktack

• move with a flapping motion

  同义词： flap

• indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
• move with or as if with a regular alternating motion

  同义词： pulsate quiver

• make by pounding or trampling

  "beat a path through the forest"

• produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly

  "beat the drum"

• strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
• beat through cleverness and wit

  "I beat the traffic"

  同义词： outwit overreach outsmart outfox circumvent

• be a mystery or bewildering to

  "This beats me!"

  同义词： perplex vex stick get puzzle mystify baffle pose bewilder flummox stupefy nonplus gravel amaze dumbfound

• wear out completely

  "I'm beat"

  同义词： exhaust wash up tucker tucker out

"so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere"

同义词： all in(p) bushed(p) dead(p)