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单词 lambaste
释义 lam·baste
transitive verb
or lam·bast \(ˈ)lam|bāst, (ˈ)laam-, -baa(ə)st, -baist, -bȧst\
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: probably from lam (I) + baste (to beat)
1. : to assault violently : beat, pound, whip
 < nothing pleased him so much as to get a big logging chain … and go at a budmash mate and lambaste the evil spirits out of him — McClure's >
 < give a thorough lambasting to the Japanese in the First Battle of the Philippines — P.J.Searles >
2. : to administer a verbal or written thrashing to : tear into : excoriate
 < has been much lambasted for his ideas — Ebony >
 < approves in principle every major administration policy and lambastes certain details — J.H.Crider >
 < politicians who shout and fear, point with pride, and lambaste with abandon — Read Bain >
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