| 单词 | upbraid |
| 释义 | upbraid (once / 2043 pages) v No, upbraid isn’t what girls get done at a salon before prom. When you upbraid people, you scold them, tell them off, and criticize them. (You could, however, upbraid your stylist after a bad haircut.) The word upbraid comes from the Old English word upbregdan, which literally means "bring up quickly." Although this word doesn't have anything to do with hair, upbraid and braid are, in fact, related. The original meaning of braid was "to move quickly from side to side," which is what you do with your fingers when you're braiding someone's hair. When you upbraid someone, you're quickly bringing up different reasons why you're mad at them. WORD FAMILYupbraid: upbraided, upbraider, upbraiding, upbraids+/upbraider: upbraiders/upbraiding: upbraidings USAGE EXAMPLESIn a pre-Christmas tweet, he praised Putin’s upbraiding of Hillary Clinton and the Democrats’ response to the election. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) Mr. Bush, dealing with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, ended up upbraiding Mr. Chen for adding to instability in East Asia. Wall Street Journal(Dec 03, 2016) Harbaugh spent eight minutes with the media making frequent use of the word “bitter,” upbraiding the officials. Washington Post(Nov 27, 2016) v express criticism towards Syn|Hyper reproach accuse, criminate, impeach, incriminate bring an accusation against; level a charge against |
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