earful

英 [ˈɪəfʊl]

美 [ˈɪrfʊl]

n.  长时间的斥责(或牢骚)

BNC.43035 / COCA.26089

牛津词典

noun

• 长时间的斥责（或牢骚）
  if sb gives you an earful , they tell you for a long time how angry they are about sth

柯林斯词典

• N-SING （长时间的）训斥，数落
  If you say that you gotan earful, you mean that someone spoke angrily to you for quite a long time.
  1. I bet Sue gave you an earful when you got home.
     我敢说你到家时休肯定训了你一顿。

英英释义

noun

• a severe scolding
  Synonym:castigationbawling outchewing outupbraidinggoing-overdressing down
• an outpouring of gossip

双语例句

• I'd better not be late or my granny will give me an earful about my laziness and thoughtlesshess.
  我最好别迟到，要不然我奶奶会训斥我既懒惰又考虑不周。
• I guess Adelman gave them an earful at halftime and they came out with more intensity in the3rd.
  我猜阿德尔曼在中场休息的时候对此抱怨了几句，他们在第3节上场的时候打起精神来了。
• He gave me an earful of complaints about his new boss.
  他滔滔不绝向我抱怨他的新老板。
• I gave him an earful on how he had oppressed me all our married life.
  就结婚以来他如何一直欺压我这一事实，我狠狠骂了他一顿。
• It might be tempting to give the boss an earful if you land a new job in the coming months.
  如果你在今后几个月里找到了新的工作，离职前向现任老板发顿牢骚或许听起来很诱人。
• Almost everyone in the circle caught an earful of Rick's words, and the usual evening's chatter abruptly ceased.
  几乎圈子中的每一个人都听到了瑞克惊人的回答，在旁晚时分，往常那喋喋不休的谈话戛然而止。
• Now, all these people risk getting an earful from gay rights organizations and their publicists.
  现在，这些人都面临遭到同性恋权力组织和他们的宣传人员斥责的可能性。
• "still treat me like I was in senior high," Song Ying, a19-year-old freshman at Shandong University, complained." I get an earful every day. "
  “父母像对待高中生一样对待我。”山东大学大一学生，19岁的宋颖抱怨到。“每天我在的牢骚声中度过的。”
• FEMA leaders are getting an earful from Congress.
  联邦应急管理局受到议会的严厉斥责。
• But the complaint department at the condom company got an earful.
  但避孕套公司给了我吃惊的回答。