英语词汇“give someone his kale through the reek”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

give someone his kale through the reek

释义

kale or kail /kāl/

noun

A variety of cabbage with open curled leaves
Cabbage generally
Broth of which kale is a chief ingredient, hence a meal, dinner (Scot)
Money (US sl)

ORIGIN: Scot and N Eng form of cole

kailˈ-pot or (Scot) -pat noun

kailˈ-runt noun

A cabbage stem

kailˈyard or (Scot) -yaird noun

A cabbage-patch, kitchen garden

Kailyard school noun

A late 19c to early 20c group of Scottish writers of sentimental stories (one of whom, Ian Maclaren, used the title Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush, 1894, in allusion to the Jacobite song ‘There grows a bonnie brier bush in our kailyard’)

give someone his kale through the reek (Scot)

To reprimand someone severely

随便看

英语词典包含305067条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。