lambaste
GRE
英 [læm'beɪst]
美[læm'best]
释义
vt. 痛打；严责；鞭打
词态变化
第三人称单数: lambastes;过去式: lambasted;过去分词: lambasted;现在分词: lambasting;
中文词源
lambaste 狠狠批评lam,击，打，词源同lame,baste,打，痛斥。引申词义狠狠批评。
英文词源
- lambaste (v.)
- 1630s, from lam (1590s, ultimately from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse lemja "to beat, to lame") + baste "to thrash" (see baste). Related: Lambasted; lambasting.
英英释意
- 1. beat with a cane
- 2. censure severely or angrily;
- "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"
- "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"
- "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
