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单词 tongue-lashing
释义
tongue-lashing
noun[C]
informal
uk
/ˈtʌŋˌlæʃ.ɪŋ/us
/ˈtʌŋˌlæʃ.ɪŋ/
If you give someone a tongue-lashing, youspeakangrilyto thatpersonabout something that they have donewrong:
（对犯错者的）怒斥，训斥
He got arealtonguelashingafter thegame.赛后他受到了严厉的指责。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Chastising & rebuking
  • admonitory
  • barracking
  • bawl
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  • be a reproach tosomeone/somethingidiom
  • carpet
  • keelhaul
  • lambaste
  • lecture
  • pull
  • pullsomeoneup
  • punchbag
  • punching bag
  • putsomeoneintheirplaceidiom
  • reproach
  • reproachful
  • shame
  • tear
  • there'll be hell to payidiom
  • upbraid
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(Definition oftongue-lashingfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

tongue-lashing| American Dictionary

tongue-lashing
noun[Cusually sing]
us
/ˈtʌŋˌlæʃ·ɪŋ/
anactofseverecriticism:
The mayor’spublictongue-lashing of amemberof his ownpartywas ashock.
(Definition oftongue-lashingfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftongue-lashing

tongue-lashing
There had been a terrible scene, and atongue-lashingdelivered in the language of early border days.
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Her natural impulse had been to turn upon them and give them thetongue-lashingthey deserved.
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She was giving the chauffeur atongue-lashingand calling his attention to her soiled clothing.
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He departed, driving his new victim before him andtongue-lashinghim all the way.
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He would be fortunate indeed to escape with no more than atongue-lashing; he might well end up being demoted in rank.
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All "tongue-lashing" is to be taken quietly, without retort.
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He hasn't had such atongue-lashingsince he was born.
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I reckon the boy has decided he's had enoughtongue-lashingfor one day, and don't intend to sleep here to-night.
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They had received atongue-lashingfrom the coach for their inability to run the score up.
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To think of having been the cause of this unnecessarytongue-lashingto the others!
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Many times he has given me a terribletongue-lashingwith a desperate accompaniment of fierce facial expressions, bristling whiskers, and emphatic gestures.
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A terribletongue-lashingcame to me one day from a young lady because of my refusal to go farther after she had fainted.
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Histongue-lashingincluded them all.
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It was an excellent opportunity for eloquence of the explosive sort, and when the dust had settled the track and trainmen were evidently expecting the well-deservedtongue-lashing.
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The boss stood near, taking all thetongue-lashing, but feeling as if his cup would run over if the book-keeper had now been guilty of making a mistake.
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