| 单词 | scold |
| 释义 | scold (once / 597 pages) vn When you scold someone, you (often angrily) point out and criticize some fault or error. If you forget again to clean up your room, your mom might scold you for it. Scold can also be used as a noun to describe a person who irritates people by finding fault in everything. Your great aunt Merna, who during the holidays complains about her gifts, criticizes your weight, says the turkey is too dry, and the stuffing is soggy? She's a scold. Maybe she's cranky. Which brings us to the other way we can use scold as a verb: to grumble, grouch, or generally express one's crankiness. This latter meaning has more to do with the attitude of the scolder than the faults of the one being scolded. WORD FAMILYscold: scolded, scolder, scolding, scolds+/scolder: scolders/scolding: scoldings USAGE EXAMPLES“In the managerial ideology,” Whyte writes, “it is not the leaders of industry that are idealized—if anything, they are scolded—but the lieutenants.” The New Yorker(Dec 29, 2016) You end up scolding her like you might an unruly child. The Guardian(Dec 23, 2016) That amounts to diplomatic scolding of Palestinian leaders, whom Israel accuses of encouraging attacks on Israeli civilians. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) 1v censure severely or angrily The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car Syn|Hypo|Hyper bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, take to task, trounce, vituperate castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, objurgate censure severely brush down, tell offreprimand flamecriticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium criticise, criticize, knock, pick apart find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws 2v show one's unhappiness or critical attitude He scolded about anything that he thought was wrong Syn|Hyper grouch, grumble complain, kick, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness 3n someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault Syn|Hypo|Hyper common scold, nag, nagger, scolder harridan a scolding (even vicious) old woman disagreeable person, unpleasant person a person who is not pleasant or agreeable |
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