| 单词 | browbeat |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['braubi:t] |
| 解释 | v.欺侮；吓唬 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v. 欺侮; 吓唬(bully) 【考】 instigator : incite / bully : browbeat(煽动者擅长煽动/欺 凌弱小者擅长欺辱) 【例】 They browbeat him into signing the document. |
| 字源 | browbeat (v.) "to bully," originally "to bear down with stern or arrogant looks," 1580s, from brow + beat (v.). [I]t appears from the earliest quotations ... that the brow in question was that of the beater, not of the beaten party; but it is not evident whether the meaning was 'to beat with one's (frowning) brows,' or 'to beat (?lower) one's brows at.' [OED] Related: Browbeaten; browbeating. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. 欺侮; 吓唬(对...声色俱厉地进行威逼) = bully = bludgeon = bluster = bulldoze = cow = dragoon = hector 【记】brow眉毛, beat打架. (吓唬) 【类】instigator: incite = bully: browbeat煽动者擅长煽动 = 欺凌弱小者擅长威逼 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】brow beat 眉毛打架 |
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