lambaste
英 [læmˈbæst]
美 [læmˈbæst]
将“lambaste”分解为“lamb”和“baste”,联想为一个动作:用烤肉的酱料狠狠地涂在一只小羊(lamb)的身上。这个画面可以帮你记住单词的含义,即严厉地批评或责骂。
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lambaste 狠狠批评lam,击,打,词源同lame,baste,打,痛斥。引申词义狠狠批评。
- 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.