| 单词 | to give a person a roasting |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto give a person a roasting 2. The action or an instance of severely criticizing or ridiculing someone. Frequently in to give a person a roasting. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > banter or good-humoured ridicule > [noun] > unmerciful banter roastingc1728 roast1740 c1728 Earl of Ailesbury Mem. (Roxb.) 533 Dr. Sacheverell's trial, which his persecutors termed the roasting of a priest. 1755 J. Shebbeare Lydia (1769) II. 145 They would give Mr. Mathematic a roasting and humble him a little. 1831 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 19 Feb. 488/2 If I hear anymore of his back-biting and eaves-dropping, I will go..and give him a roasting before a judge and jury at Norwich. 1888 Athenæum 7 Apr. 436/1 I..thank him in advance for the roasting that he promises me in his coming preface. 1942 J. B. Priestley in R.A.F. Jrnl. 3 Oct. 2 I..have taken and dished out uproarious insults... My friendly hosts have been anxious about the way in which I would take this elaborate ‘roasting’. 1963 Times 25 Feb. 3/6 The crowd, which cheered wildly all the time for the popular Mormon elder from neighbouring Utah, gave Tiger a ‘roasting’ several times. 1996 C. Bateman Of Wee Sweetie Mice & Men xxxv. 272 They gave the old man a roasting. < as lemmas |
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