lambaste是什麽意思

lambaste

英 [læm'beɪst] 美 [læm'best]

vt. 痛打；嚴責；鞭打

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中文詞源

lambaste 狠狠批評

lam,擊，打，詞源同lame,baste,打，痛斥。引申詞義狠狠批評。

英文詞源

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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