“browbeating”的英文意思_释义_用法

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.

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