| 单词 | to ring a peal | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasto ring (a person) a peal  16.  transitive. With object peal. Often with the implication of rebuke or criticism; esp. in  to ring (a person) a peal: to scold (a person); †also in the same sense with other objects. Now archaic. rare. ΚΠ 1562    J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tounge 		(new ed.)	  ii. vii, in  Wks. sig. Hivv  				She beginneth..with a cry..To whiche she ringth a peale, a larom. a1616    W. Shakespeare Macbeth 		(1623)	  iii. ii. 44  				Ere..The shard-borne Beetle..Hath rung Nights yawning  Peale.       View more context for this quotation 1636    P. Massinger Great Duke of Florence  iii. i. sig. G2v  				My pockets ring A golden peale. 1682    N. O. tr.  N. Boileau-Despréaux Lutrin  ii. 140  				My Angry Ghost shall haunt thy Conscious Soul, I'le Ring thee such a Peal, shall make thee Howl. 1706    R. Estcourt Fair Example  iii. ii. 35  				Three Guineas! and what good will they do me? They'll hardly pay for a Week's Pins.—Hearkee, my next Demand shall be a Hundred; if you don't comply presently, I'll ring such a Peal to the World. 1753    J. Wesley Directions for Married Persons xv, in  Christian Libr. XXII. 106  				The Husband may perhaps ring his Wife a Peal concerning her Duty. 1796    Grose's Dict. Vulgar Tongue 		(ed. 3)	  				To Ring a Peal, to scold: chiefly applied to women. His wife rung him a fine peal! 1809    B. H. Malkin tr.  A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas III.  vii. i. 16  				Her tongue..rung a bob-major of invective. 1993    P. R. Wilkinson Thes. Trad. Eng. Metaphors 428/1  				Ring him a peal/Ring a peal in his ears, Give him a reverberating scolding. < as lemmas | 
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