He whipped his hands away in fright.

他吃惊地抽回手。

Then, when you throw the ball, you whip your hand down, right?

然后 当你要扔球的时候 向下抽动手 可以吗?

He could not blackmail her, for she had the whip hand.

他无法勒索她， 因为她手握鞭子。

Mrs. Cavendish, however, was a lady who liked to make her own plans, and expected other people to fall in with them, and in this case she certainly had the whip hand, namely: the purse strings.

然而，卡文迪什夫人是一位喜欢制定自己的计划并他人加入他们的女士， 在这种情况下， 她当然有鞭子手， 即：钱包。