/'bætə(r); `bætɚ/
v
1 [Ipr, Ip, Tn] ~ at/on sth hit (sb/sth) hard and often 接连猛击（某人[某物]）
*He kept battering (away) at the door. 他接连不断地砸门.
* battered babies/wives, ie ones that suffer repeated violence from parents/husbands 受虐的幼儿[妻子].
2 (phr v) batter sth down flatten sth by hitting it repeatedly 不断打击某物使之倒下
*Let's batter the door down. 咱们把这门砸掉吧. batter sth to sth cause sth to become a specified shape by hitting it hard and often 经常猛力打击使某物变成某状
*The huge waves battered the wrecked ship to pieces. 巨浪将那艘失事的船只冲击得支离破碎.
* The victim's face was battered to a pulp. 受害者的脸打得血肉模糊.

/'bætə(r); `bætɚ/
n [U] beaten mixture of flour, eggs, milk, etc for cooking （为烹调而将面粉、蛋、奶等搅拌成的）糊状物
*fish fried in batter 蘸面糊煎的鱼
* pancake batter 做薄煎饼的面糊.