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 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。
• FEMA leaders are getting an earful from Congress.
  联邦应急管理局受到议会的严厉斥责。
• I reckon the mechanic and air conditioning installer could be in for an earful on Peter's return to Mornington.
  “不要去改装一辆车”这句老话在这时候正合适。我估计机械师和空调安装师在彼得回到摩林顿后也许将会对此进行抱怨。
• 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。
• 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。
• The weather and climate conditions have resulted in serious disasters to the agriculture production in the whole country this year. They can expect an earful on what the slump is doing economically.
  本年度天气气候条件对全国农业生产属重灾年景。他们将因商业不景气对经济所产生的影响而受到严厉的训斥。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• If anyone touched him, they'd get an earful.
  要是谁敢碰他一下，准会挨一顿臭骂。