ful·mi·nate

verb

/ˈfʊlmɪneɪt/, /ˈfʌlmɪneɪt/

[intransitive] (formal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they fulminate	/ˈfʊlmɪneɪt/, /ˈfʌlmɪneɪt/ /ˈfʊlmɪneɪt/, /ˈfʌlmɪneɪt/
he / she / it fulminates	/ˈfʊlmɪneɪts/, /ˈfʌlmɪneɪts/ /ˈfʊlmɪneɪts/, /ˈfʌlmɪneɪts/
past simple fulminated	/ˈfʊlmɪneɪtɪd/, /ˈfʌlmɪneɪtɪd/ /ˈfʊlmɪneɪtɪd/, /ˈfʌlmɪneɪtɪd/
past participle fulminated	/ˈfʊlmɪneɪtɪd/, /ˈfʌlmɪneɪtɪd/ /ˈfʊlmɪneɪtɪd/, /ˈfʌlmɪneɪtɪd/
-ing form fulminating	/ˈfʊlmɪneɪtɪŋ/, /ˈfʌlmɪneɪtɪŋ/ /ˈfʊlmɪneɪtɪŋ/, /ˈfʌlmɪneɪtɪŋ/

fulminate against (somebody/something) to criticize somebody/something angrily愤怒谴责；怒斥
- He was always fulminating against interference from the government.他总是强烈反对政府的干涉。
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin fulminat- ‘struck by lightning’, from fulmen, fulmin- ‘lightning’. The earliest sense (derived from medieval Latin fulminare) was ‘denounce formally’, later ‘issue formal censures’ (originally said of the Pope). A sense ‘emit thunder and lightning’, based on the original Latin meaning, arose in the early 17th cent., and hence ‘explode violently’ (late 17th cent.).