scold
【责骂】
单词: scold
发音:
- 英式发音:/skəʊld/
- 美式发音:/skoʊld/
意思:
- 动词 - 严厉责骂,训斥,通常指因为某人做错了事或行为不当。
- 名词 - 责骂的人,训斥者。这个用法较少见。
词根/词源:
- 来自古英语“scold” (意为“争吵”或“责骂”), 这个词可能源自日耳曼语族。
例句:
- 动词用法:
- Her mother scolded her for not doing her homework.
(她妈妈因为她没做作业而严厉地责骂了她。) - The teacher scolded the students for being late to class.
(老师因为学生迟到而责骂了他们。)
- Her mother scolded her for not doing her homework.
- 名词用法:
- He was known as the town scold, always complaining about everything.
(他是镇上著名的责骂者,总是抱怨一切。)
- He was known as the town scold, always complaining about everything.
相关词汇:
- scolding (名词) - 责骂
- She gave him a scolding for being careless.
(她因为他粗心而责骂了他。)
- She gave him a scolding for being careless.
- scoldingly (副词) - 严厉地,责骂地
- He spoke scoldingly to his younger brother.
(他严厉地对他的弟弟说话。)
- He spoke scoldingly to his younger brother.
小结:
“scold”这个词通常用于描述父母、老师或其他权威人物对不良行为进行的责备或训斥,语气上带有批评和不满。