英语单词

lambaste是什么意思

lambaste

英 [læm'beɪst] 美 [læm'best]
  • vt. 痛打;严责;鞭打

中文词源


lambaste 狠狠批评

lam,击,打,词源同lame,baste,打,痛斥。引申词义狠狠批评。

英文词源


lambaste (v.)
1630s, from lam (1590s, ultimately from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse lemja "to beat, to lame") + baste "to thrash" (see baste). Related: Lambasted; lambasting.

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