lambaste
英 [læm'beɪst]
美 [læm'best]
GRE
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.