beat 普通用词，含义广泛，指连续打击。游戏、竞赛或战争中作打败解。
strike 普通用词，多指急速或突然一次猛击。
hit 普通用词，常与strike换用，侧重有目标的猛击，强调用力击中。
thrash 侧重指用棍子或鞭子等痛打。
whip 多指用鞭子抽打。
参考例句
1. to be whipped for something 因…而被惩罚；因…而被打
2. Farmer Jack hit him with a long whip. 农民杰克就用一个很长的鞭子抽打它。
3. The whip stung him. 鞭打使他感到刺痛。
英英解释
n.
1. an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping
2. a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline
3. a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit
4. (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club
5. a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object v.
1. beat severely with a whip or rod
2. defeat thoroughly
3. thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash
4. strike as if by whipping
5. whip with or as if with a wire whisk
6. subject to harsh criticism
