单词 | tongue-lashing |
释义 | tongue-lashing (once / 52531 pages) n WORD FAMILY tongue-lashing: tongue-lashings USAGE EXAMPLESIf she was lucky, she was given a tongue-lashing or a single kick to the rear, a shove in the back. Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns(2007) Mr. Cohan called for Mr. Stumpf to resign, something sure to be echoed as he appears for the Congressional tongue-lashings. New York Times(Sep 19, 2016) Her tongue-lashing quickly went viral, picking up admirers in China and beyond. BBC(Aug 13, 2016) n rebuking a person harshly Syn|Hypo|Hyper chiding, objurgation, scolding wig, wigging British slang for a scolding rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval an act or expression of criticism and censure |
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