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To wallop someone or something is to hit it very hard, usually with your hand or with something you are holding. The word is informal and spoken, mostly British, Irish and Australian, and it carries the sound of the hit in it — a wallop is heavy and loud, not a light slap.
To wallop someone or something用力揍某人或某物 is to hit it very hard就是重重地打下去，usually with your hand or with something you are holding通常用手或手上拿的東西。The word is informal and spoken這個字是口語、非正式的，mostly British, Irish and Australian主要英國、愛爾蘭、澳洲人在用，and it carries the sound of the hit in it字裡帶著打擊的聲音感 — a wallop is heavy and loud, not a light slapwallop是又重又響，不是輕輕一巴掌。
You can also use it as a noun: he gave the ball a great wallop; she got a wallop on the head.
You can also use it as a noun也可以當名詞用：he gave the ball a great wallop他給了球重重一擊；she got a wallop on the head她頭上挨了一記重擊。
Two useful stretches. First, sport: to wallop a team means to beat them by a lot ("we got walloped 6-0"), and here nobody is hitting anyone. Second, the phrase "packs a wallop", meaning something has a strong effect — a drink, a piece of news, a punch.
Two useful stretches有兩個常見的延伸用法。First, sport第一個是運動：to wallop a team means to beat them by a lotwallop一個隊伍表示把他們打得很慘（"we got walloped 6-0"「我們0比6慘敗」），and here nobody is hitting anyone這裡沒有人真的動手打人。Second, the phrase "packs a wallop"第二個是「packs a wallop」這個片語，meaning something has a strong effect表示某樣東西有很強的效果 — a drink, a piece of news, a punch一杯酒、一則新聞、一拳都可以。
The word is often used lightly, even jokingly, between friends, but be careful: when it is about hitting a child or a person, it is a real hit, and older people in Britain and Ireland use it when talking about the smacking they got at school long ago.
The word is often used lightly這個字常常用得很輕鬆，even jokingly, between friends朋友之間甚至帶點開玩笑，but be careful但要小心：when it is about hitting a child or a person當講的是打小孩或打人，it is a real hit那就是真的動手打了，and older people in Britain and Ireland use it when talking about the smacking they got at school long ago英國和愛爾蘭的老一輩會用這個字講他們以前在學校被打的事。
組成The old meaning is a surprise: it came from Old Northern French walop, meaning "a gallop" — a horse running fast. English has the pair twice over, once as gallop and once as wallop, from the same word taken in at different times. The idea slid from the heavy pounding of hooves to a heavy blow.
同家族的字
- gallopthe same Old French word, borrowed into English by a different route
原始詞典資料17 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Wallopname
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A surname.
wallopnoun詞源 1/ˈwɒl.əp/
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A heavy blow, a punch.
- he gave him a mighty wallop
- An' in the twentieth we stood in the middle of the ring an' exchanged wallops even.
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A person's ability to throw such punches.
- this guy's got some wallop
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An emotional impact, a psychological force.
- that film has some serious wallop
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A thrill, an emotionally excited reaction.
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slangAnything produced by a process that involves boiling; beer, tea, or whitewash.
- "You're a gent," said the other, straightening his shoulders again. He appeared not to have noticed Winston's blue overalls. "Pint!" he added aggressively to the barman. "Pint of wallop."
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archaicA thick piece of fat.
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dialectalA quick rolling movement; a gallop.
wallopverb詞源 1/ˈwɒl.əp/
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To rush hastily.
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To flounder, wallow.
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To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and rolling, with noise.
- Oure affections boyle within vs, & wallop, frothing as a seething potte.
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To strike heavily, thrash soundly.
- Tony got walloped round the face by Mike.
- “It’s just like old times. Nearly walloped the life out of me to stop me going away, and now I come back he throws a confounded shovel at my head to keep me out. It grazed my shoulder.”
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To trounce, beat by a wide margin.
- The other side are bringing out their B-team, so we have to aim to completely wallop them.
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To wrap up temporarily.
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To move in a rolling, cumbersome manner; to waddle.
- Saluting the far loin of his mare[…]with an energy that made all his accoutrements wallop.
- The second act commenced, and the old-fashioned sixpenny waves of Drury did their best, and wallopped about, under a canvas blanket representing the sea, and dashed against the rocks and tall cliffs of the scene to admiration.
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To eat or drink with gusto.
- St. Peter will befriend me then, Because my name is Peter too; I know him for the best of men That ever wallopped barley brew.
- A greasy spoon café was found, big brekkies ordered and soon walloped down.
wallopverb詞源 2/ˈwɒl.əp/
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To send a message to all operators on an Internet Relay Chat server.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。