单词 | browbeating |
释义 | ▪ I. browbeating, vbl. n.|ˈbraʊˌbiːtɪŋ| [f. as prec. + -ing1.] The action of the verb browbeat; orig., it appears, = ‘scowling, frowning’.
1581J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. 486 b, To be afrayd of any her subjects lowring or browbeating. 1693Locke Educ. 42 Constant Rebukes and Brow-beatings. 1765Tucker Lt. Nat. II. 611 The discouragements and browbeating of censorious..persons. 1817Jas. Mill Brit. India III. ii. 68 The brow-beating of a witness. ▪ II. ˈbrowbeating, ppl. a. [f. as prec. + -ing2.] That browbeats; bullying, insolent.
1816Remarks Eng. Manners 63 Browbeating insolence. 1864Max Müller Chips (1880) I. vii. 147 A cross-examination by a brow-beating lawyer. |

英语词典包含277258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。
相关内容11:
相关热词搜索:browbeating英英词典英英释义英语词汇意思用法释义英语