excoriate
- IPA[ɛkˈskɔːrɪeɪt]
英式
- damage or remove part of the surface of (the skin)；criticize (someone) severely
verb: excoriate, 3rd person present: excoriates, gerund or present participle: excoriating, past tense: excoriated, past participle: excoriated
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. damage or remove part of the surface of (the skin) the discharge is acrid and excoriates the skin of the nose 同義詞
- 2. formal criticize (someone) severely he excoriated the government for censorship 同義詞 反義詞
- 更多解釋
- IPA[ikˈskôrēˌāt]
美式
- censure or criticize severely: the papers that had been excoriating him were now lauding him
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