西瓜单词

lambaste是什么意思

lambaste

英 [læm'beɪst] 美 [læm'best]

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.