whacking
adj. 巨大的，极大的
adv. 太，非常；绝对
v. 重击；击败；草草放下；（非正式）谋杀（whack 的现在分词）
例句
If someone had hours to while away, he should be practicing his archery, not whacking at wooden balls with mallets.
如果谁整天有几个小时来消遣，他理应训练他的箭术，不要用木槌对着木球敲敲打打。
And all it took to get it was a few million years of whacking two rocks against each other.
所有这些，都是因为几百万年以来，我们不停地拿两块石头互相敲打。
Rather than paying a whacking advance to one author, it has invited everyone to contribute to the book on the web.
如今，出版商不是向一位作者支付巨额的定金，而是邀请每个人为网络书籍供稿。
