单词 | excoriate |
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音标 | [eks'kɔ:rieit] |
解释 | v.撕去皮;严厉批评 |
红宝书 | 【英】 v. 撕去皮(to strip, scratch, or rub off the skin) ;严厉批评(to denounce harshly) 【考】 反义词:extol(赞美) ; praise lavishly(过分赞扬) 【记】 ex+cor(=core核心)+i ate→使核心出来→撕 去皮;注意:尤其要 记住'严厉批评'一意 【例】 His legs were excoriated by the prickles. |
字源 | excoriate (v.) early 15c., from Late Latin excoriatus, past participle of excoriare "flay, strip off the hide," from Latin ex- "off" (see ex-) + corium "hide, skin" (see corium). Figurative sense of "denounce, censure" first recorded in English 1708. Related: Excoriated; excoriating. |
不择手段背单词 | v. 擦破、撕去皮 = abrade; 强烈公开谴责 = denounce 【记】ex出, cor = core(n 果核; 核心)-使核心出来-撕去皮; 强烈公开谴责(就像撕去别人一层皮) 【反】extol(v 赞美); praise lavishly(过分赞扬); accolade(n 赞美); flatter(vt 过分夸赞; 奉承) |
趣味全助记 | 【记】ex 去,出 + corium 真皮,将皮去掉;ex + core 核心,将核心弄出得撕去皮;把某人皮都能扒掉一层→严厉批评 【相关】corium 真皮,皮肤 |
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