| 单词 | to give stick |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto give stick (c) British colloquial. Criticism, censure; (also) good-natured teasing or mockery. Frequently in to take (also get, come in for, etc.) (some) stick and variants: to be the recipient or subject of critical or teasing remarks. Similarly to give stick. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [noun] hokerOE hethingc1175 scornc1175 gabbinga1225 bourd1320 scoffc1330 illusiona1382 mowinga1382 derisiona1400 mockery?a1439 alluding1535 dor1552 jerking1565 mock1569 frumpery1582 subsannation1587 floutage1600 ridiculous1605 ludibry1637 ridicule1675 razoo1888 stick1956 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun] telingeOE chastiment?c1225 snapinga1300 snibbinga1300 reproving?1316 undernimminga1325 correctiona1340 threapening1340 admonishingc1350 reproofa1375 scourgingc1374 correptionc1380 repreyningc1390 reprehensiona1413 undertakingc1430 rebuke?a1439 admonition1440 correptingc1449 rebut?c1450 reprehendingc1450 redargution1483 reproval1493 increpation1502 prisec1540 tasking1543 check1588 improof1590 snubbing1600 threap1636 compellation1656 reprovement1675 reprimanding1698 rowing1812 lecturing1861 carpeting1888 eldering1912 woodshedding1940 stick1956 the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > criticism > [noun] > often unfavourable commenting1597 criticism1607 censurea1616 judgementalism1950 stick1956 1956 People 13 May 14/8 As usual the Australians are getting plenty of stick from the armchair critics. 1977 J. Wainwright Nest of Rats iii. v. 205 We took some stick, and we gave some stick. 1991 New Scientist 11 May 13/3 People suddenly realised that peer review, which has come in for stick recently, is not so bad after all. 1998 Gay Times Aug. 91/2 Do you get a lot of stick from your mates about having gay fans and doing gay PAs? 2005 T. Adams in Granta Summer 113 When I first arrived they did give me some stick. 2007 Wisden Cricketer July 45/3 There was a lot of emotion about me returning to play against South Africa, and everybody knows about the stick I copped. < as lemmas |
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