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

• 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。
• You can just image the earful he gave her when they got home.
  不难想象等他们回家后，他会怎样斥责她。
• 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。
• "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。”
• 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。
• Now, Fisher figures he's just another Laker getting an earful from Utah fans.
  现在，老鱼估计他成为另外一个被爵士球迷狂嘘的湖人球员了。
• I get an earful [ from them] every day.
  每天我都是在他们的牢骚声中度过的。
• However beautiful heart, no have earful, does not complain!
  不过心里很美，没有怨言，没有抱怨！
• 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。
• Her mom gave her an earful when she came home late at night.
  她很晚才回家，被妈妈训了一顿。