flog

Compared meaning: to hit hard with a whip (verb).

比较义项：用鞭子（或类似方式）抽打（动词）。

• whip

  The most neutral and general term; used for striking animals to make them move faster, or non-violently for beating cream or eggs until stiff. Less strongly tied to punishment than flog.

  语气最中性、最通用；常指抽打动物使其加快速度，或（非暴力地）指搅打奶油、鸡蛋直至打发；与惩罚的关联不如flog强烈。

  She whipped the cream vigorously until it turned thick and fluffy.

  她用力搅打奶油，直到奶油变得浓稠蓬松。

• lash

  Emphasizes sudden force and a violent, whip-like motion; often describes rain, wind or waves striking something hard. Suggests raw intensity rather than deliberate, controlled punishment.

  强调突然的力量和像鞭子一样猛烈的动作；常用来描述雨、风或海浪猛烈地拍打某物；强调的是力度，而非有意的、受控的惩罚。

  Waves lashed against the rocks throughout the entire night.

  整夜，海浪猛烈地拍打着岩石。

• flog 本词

  A formal, often literary word meaning to beat a person or animal hard with a whip or stick specifically as punishment; commonly used in the passive, in historical or military contexts.

  较为正式、文学化的用词，指专门用鞭子或棍子严厉抽打某人（或动物）作为惩罚；常用被动语态，多见于历史或军事语境。

  The prisoner was flogged publicly for trying to escape.

  那名囚犯因试图逃跑而被当众鞭打。

All three verbs mean hitting hard with a whip. Whip: the most neutral, used for animals, or (without violence) beating cream or eggs stiff. Lash: sudden, violent force, as with rain, wind, or waves. Flog: formal, meaning to beat someone as punishment, often passive.

这三个词在“抽打”这一意义上意思相近，但语气和使用场合不同：whip最中性、最通用，也可指搅打奶油、鸡蛋等日常动作；lash强调力量和冲击感，常用于风雨、海浪等自然力；flog语气较正式、文学化，专指用鞭子或棍子惩罚某人。这里不比较lash的“抨击，斥责”（lash out）等其他意义，也不比较flog在习语“flog a dead horse”（徒劳无功）中的意义。