[VERB 动词]训斥;责骂 If you scold someone, you speak angrily to them because they have done something wrong.
[V n]
[V n for n]
[V with quote]
[Also V]
[FORMAL 正式]
If he finds out, he'll scold me...
如果他知道了,肯定会责骂我的。
Later she scolded her daughter for having talked to her father like that...
后来她训斥女儿不应该那样对父亲说话。
'You should be at school,' he scolded.
“你不是应该在学校吗,”他责骂道。
Oxford
scold/skəʊld; NAmEskoʊld/verb[transitive , intransitive ]scoldsb (for sth/for doing sth) |(+ speech)( formal) to speak angrily to sb, especially a child, because they have done sth wrong 训斥,责骂(尤指孩子)SYN
rebuke
◆He scolded them for arriving late.他嫌他们迟到,训了他们一通。▶scold·ingscoldingscoldings/skəʊldɪŋ; NAmEskoʊldɪŋ/noun[usually singular ]◆I got a scoldingfrom my mother. 我捱了我妈一阵数落。scoldscoldsscoldedscoldingscold/skəʊld; NAmEskoʊld/scold·ing/skəʊldɪŋ; NAmEskoʊldɪŋ/
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scoldscold /skəʊld $ skoʊld/ verb [transitive]
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to angrily criticize someone, especially a child, about something they have doneSYN tell off: Do not scold the puppy, but simply and firmly say ‘no’.scold somebody for (doing) something Her father scolded her for upsetting her mother.—scolding noun [countable, uncountable]: I got a scolding from my teacher.RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say tell someone off rather than scold someone:· She told us off for making a mess.
WDF
scold
[skəʊld]scolded, scolding, scolds
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scolded[1874] scolding[1366] scolds[231]
责骂(57%),斥责(26%),训斥(11%),爱责骂的人(6%)
n.责骂;爱责骂的人
vt.骂;责骂
vi.责骂;叱责
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