lambaste的意思

lambaste

英式音标[læm'best]
美式英标[læm'beɪst]

基本解释

vt. 痛打；严责；鞭打

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.

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