释义 |
outscold, v.|-ˈskəʊld| [out- 18 b.] trans. To outdo or get the better of in scolding.
1595Shakes. John v. ii. 160 There end thy braue,..We grant thou canst out-scold vs. 1764T. Bridges Homer Travest. (1797) II. 203 What need he for help to call, Whose clapper can outscold them all? 1870L'Estrange Miss Mitford I. vi. 204 A friend of mine who went into hysterics because she was out-scolded by her husband. |