| 单词 | to rip into |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto rip into—— to rip into—— intransitive. colloquial. To unleash a verbal attack on; to criticize sharply. Cf. sense 5d, tear v.1 9c(b). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > criticize [verb (intransitive)] > severely quip1542 snap1579 quib1580 to lash out1884 slam1884 to rip into——1907 to lace into1908 to light into ——1922 to give (make, have, etc.) grief1974 excoriate1985 1907 Everybody's Mag. June 780/1 I ripped into him like a Dutch uncle, easin' my mind of all the opinions about him that'd been cloggin' it for two months past. 1958 N.Z. Listener 16 May 21/3 He came down and ripped into them: ‘Who do you think you're going to play—a kindergarten?’ 1989 G. Daly Pre-Raphaelites in Love vi. 279 At his first exhibition the press ripped into him. 2005 Time Out N.Y. 31 Mar. 134/2 [He] ripped into the composer. < as lemmas |
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