excoriate
英 [?k'sk??r?e?t; eks-]
美[,?ks'k?r?et]
- vt. 嚴厲的責難；擦破...的皮膚
GRE
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?excoriates;過去式:?excoriated;過去分詞:?excoriated;現(xiàn)在分詞:?excoriating;名詞:?excoriation;
中文詞源
excoriate 剝落皮膚
ex-, 向外。-cor, 切，皮膚，詞源同corium, carnal, shear.
英文詞源
- excoriate (v.)
- early 15c., from Late Latin excoriatus, past participle of excoriare "flay, strip off the hide," from Latin ex- "off" (see ex-) + corium "hide, skin" (see corium). Figurative sense of "denounce, censure" first recorded in English 1708. Related: Excoriated; excoriating.
雙語例句
- 1. He proceeded to excoriate me in front of the nurses.
- 他開始在護士面前痛斥我。
來自辭典例句