sock

Compared meaning: to hit something hard (verb).

比较义项：用力打，猛击（动词）。

• sock 本词

  Informal, mainly used for punching a person with a fist, usually aimed at a body part like the face or jaw; rarely used for hitting objects.

  非正式说法，主要指用拳头击打某人，通常打在脸部或下巴等部位；很少用于击打物体。

  She socked him right in the nose after he called her a liar.

  在他骂她说谎之后，她一拳打在了他的鼻子上。

• bash

  Means to hit something hard and violently, often causing damage; used for both objects and people, and sounds more forceful and reckless than sock.

  指用力猛烈地打击某物，常常造成损坏；既可用于物体也可用于人，语气比 sock 更猛烈、更鲁莽。

  The kids took turns trying to bash the old piñata open with a stick.

  孩子们轮流用棍子使劲砸那个旧皮纳塔，想把它砸开。

Sock and bash both mean to hit hard, but sock is informal, mainly meaning punching a person's face or jaw. Bash means to hit something hard and violently, often causing damage; it is used for objects and people, and sounds more reckless.

这两个词在“用力打”这个意义上接近，但语气和搭配对象不同：sock 偏口语化，通常指用拳头打人；bash 则强调猛烈撞击，既可打人也可打物，且带有更强的破坏意味。这里不比较 sock 表示“袜子”的名词义，也不比较 bash 表示“聚会”的名词义。