beat out

英 [biːt aʊt]

美 [biːt aʊt]

（用鼓等乐器）敲奏出; （用毯子等）扑灭（火）; 打败; 击败; 战胜

柯林斯词典

PHRASAL VERB （用鼓等乐器）敲奏出
If youbeat outsounds on a drum or similar instrument, you make the sounds by hitting the instrument.
1. Drums and cymbals beat out a solemn rhythm.
  鼓和铙钹奏出了庄严的节奏。
PHRASAL VERB （用毯子等）扑灭（火）
If youbeat outa fire, you cause it to go out by hitting it, usually with an object such as a blanket.
1. His brother beat out the flames with a blanket...
  他哥哥用毯子把火扑灭了。
2. She managed to beat the fire out.
  她好不容易把火扑灭了。
PHRASAL VERB 打败；击败；战胜
If youbeat outsomeone in a competition, you defeat them.
1. Indianapolis beat out nearly 100 other cities as the site for a huge United Airlines maintenance center...
  印第安纳波利斯从近百座城市中胜出，成为美国联合航空公司大型维护中心所在地。
2. If we are certain a rival will beat us out, we are wide open to jealousy.
  如果我们能够确定某个选手将打败我们，我们很容易心生妒忌。

verb

come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
1. Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship
2. We beat the competition
3. Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
Synonym:beatcrushshelltrouncevanquish
beat out a rhythm
Synonym:tap outthump out

We still use this method to beat out a rhythm.
我们仍使用这种方法拍出节奏。
I puzzled over the passage for hours before I could beat out its meaning.
我对这段文字苦思了数小时才弄清楚它的含意。
Indianapolis beat out nearly 100 other cities as the site for a huge United Airlines maintenance center
印第安纳波利斯从近百座城市中胜出，成为美国联合航空公司大型维护中心所在地。
He beat out a tune on a tin can.
他在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。
"Whatever" easily beat out "you know," which especially grated a quarter of respondents.
“Whatever”轻松击败“youknow（你知道）”位居榜首，另有四分之一的受访者称最讨厌后者。
Joe beat out last year's champion in the100-meter sprint by one second.
乔在百米短跑赛中以一秒之差打败去年冠军。
If we are certain a rival will beat us out, we are wide open to jealousy.
如果我们能够确定某个选手将打败我们，我们很容易心生妒忌。
He left when the band began to beat out pop music.
乐队一奏起流行音乐他就走了。
The hunters beat out a path through the snow.
猎人们在雪地里踩出一条路来。
The drums beat out in the still night.
寂静的夜里响起敲鼓声。