Scold
[skəʊld] or [skold]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
編輯:帕梅拉--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utter harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke; to chide sharply or coarsely; -- often with at; as, to scold at a servant.
(v. t.) To chide with rudeness and clamor; to rate; also, to rebuke or reprove with severity.
(n.) One who scolds, or makes a practice of scolding; esp., a rude, clamorous woman; a shrew.
(n.) A scolding; a brawl.
編輯:塔比瑟
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. Berate, rate, censure, reprimand, blame, chide, scold at, BLOW UP.
n. Vixen, shrew, termagant.
多拉編輯
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Chide, rail, reprimand, reprove, brawl, rebuke, abuse
ANT:Praise, encourage, compliment, laud, flatter
凯瑟琳編輯
解釋/意思:
v.i. to rail in a loud and violent manner: to find fault.—v.t. to chide rudely: to rebuke in words.—n. a rude clamorous woman: a termagant.—ns. Scold′er; Scold′ing railing: a rating; Scold′ing-stool a cucking-stool.
手打:特伦斯
例句/造句/用法:
- Bessie, you must promise not to scold me any more till I go. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Don't scold me, there's a dear good man. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Fanny was ready and waiting, and Mrs. Norris was beginning to scold her for not being gone, and still no horse was announced, no Edmund appeared. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Well, said Miss Crawford, and do you not scold us for our imprudence? 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- It's dreadful, but I can't scold him. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Attempting once to scold her in public, Rebecca hit upon the before-mentioned plan of answering her in French, which quite routed the old woman. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- I shall begin to assert the privileges of a mother-in-law, if you go on like that, and scold you. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Perhaps I might have scolded, said Edmund, if either of you had been sitting down alone; but while you do wrong together, I can overlook a great deal. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Her mother only scolded her for being nonsensical. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- Hannah scolded, Meg cried, and Jo was at her wits' end, till she decided to take things into her own hands. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- We were all scolded that day for not coming down to tea when called. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Jo laughed, Meg scolded, Beth implored, and Amy wailed because she couldn't remember how much nine times twelve was. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- And I must say, I think she was used very hardly; for your sister scolded like any fury, and soon drove her into a fainting fit. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- If he had scolded her, or even shaken her, it would not have broken her heart like those few words. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- And I hope she's not a scolding old thing! 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- But thought you might like your scolding better, my dear, if it came from me. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- As I couldn't, I held my tongue, and bore the scolding till the old gentleman collared me. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- They ought to have told me, and not let me go blundering and scolding, when I should have been more kind and patient than ever. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Mrs. Bennet deigned not to make any reply, but, unable to contain herself, began scolding one of her daughters. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- I should never like scolding any one else so well; and that is a point to be thought of in a husband. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- There was nothing the young gentleman would have liked better, but elephants could not have dragged him back after the scolding he had received. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- She's plenty of tin; she wears a front; and she scolds the servants from morning till night. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Mother, are you angry when you fold your lips tight together and go out of the room sometimes, when Aunt March scolds or people worry you? 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- A ducking stool was a sort of a chair in which common scolds were formerly tied and plunged into water. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- He smokes his hookah after both meals and puffs as quietly while his wife scolds him as he did under the fire of the French at Waterloo. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- We never quarrel--I don't call him harsh--he never scolds me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
整理:瓦莱丽