- belabour
- [bɪ`leɪbər]лупить, колошматитьбранитьвтолковывать
Англо-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь. ramix. 2012.
Англо-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь. ramix. 2012.
belabour — British English spelling of BELABOR (Cf. belabor) (q.v.); for spelling, see OR (Cf. or) … Etymology dictionary
belabour — (Brit.) be·la·bour || bɪ leɪbÉ™ v. criticize, ridicule; excessively elaborate on a topic; beat, hit (also belabor) … English contemporary dictionary
belabour — (US belabor) ► VERB 1) attack physically or verbally. 2) argue or discuss in excessive detail … English terms dictionary
belabour — [[t]bɪle͟ɪbə(r)[/t]] belabours, belabouring, belaboured (in AM, use belabor) 1) VERB If you belabour someone or something, you hit them hard and repeatedly. [OLD FASHIONED] [V n] Men began to belabour his shoulders, his head, his arms with sticks … English dictionary
belabour — UK [bɪˈleɪbə(r)] / US [bɪˈleɪbər] verb [transitive] Word forms belabour : present tense I/you/we/they belabour he/she/it belabours present participle belabouring past tense belaboured past participle belaboured 1) formal to emphasize an idea or… … English dictionary
belabour — be|la|bour BrE belabor AmE [bıˈleıbə US ər] v [T] 1.) belabour the point formal to keep emphasizing a fact or idea in a way that is annoying 2.) old fashioned to hit someone or something hard … Dictionary of contemporary English
belabour — BrE, belabor AmE verb (T) 1 belabour the point to emphasize an idea or fact too strongly, especially by repeating it many times 2 to attack or criticize someone or something severely 3 old use to beat someone or something hard … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
belabour the point — belabour the ˈpoint idiom (formal) to repeat an idea, argument, etc. many times to emphasize it, especially when it has already been mentioned or understood • I don t want to belabour the point, but it s vital you understand how important this is … Useful english dictionary
belabour — chiefly British variant of belabor … New Collegiate Dictionary
belabour — be·la·bour (bĭ lāʹbər) v. Chiefly British Variant of belabor. * * * … Universalium
belabour — verb a) To beat someone. He saw the village; he was seen coming bending forward upon his horse, belabouring it with great blows, the girths dripping with blood. b) To attack someone verbally. Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead… … Wiktionary