Word · Frequency #3999
jaw
责骂；唠叨
to scold or speak noisily and at length; to assail with scolding
- 1.
To assail or abuse by scolding.
通过责骂攻击或辱骂
- 2.
To scold; to clamor.
责骂；喧嚷
- 3.
(of a ball) To stick in the jaws of a pocket.
(球)卡在袋口
卡在袋口（台球）；通过责骂攻击或辱骂；责骂；喧嚷；(球)卡在袋口；闲谈
In use
He jawed on about his problems for hours.
Stop jawing and get back to work!
The coach jawed the team after their loss.
Verb forms
base jaw · third person jaws · -ing jawing · past jawed · past participle jawed
规则动词，过去式直接加-ed。
Connections
Collocations
- jaw someone
- 责骂某人；数落某人
- The teacher jawed the boy for not doing his homework.老师因为那个男孩没做作业而责骂了他。
- jaw at someone
- 冲某人大声嚷嚷；怒斥某人
- Don't jaw at me like that—I can hear you.别那么冲我嚷嚷——我听得见。
- jaw about something
- 大声抱怨某事；对某事骂骂咧咧
- He jawed about the slow internet for half an hour.他抱怨了半小时网速慢。
- jaw with someone
- 和某人大吵；与某人激烈争辩
- The players were jawing with the referee over the penalty.球员们就那次点球和裁判激烈争执。
- jaw away
- 不停地吵嚷；没完没了地数落
- She jawed away at her son until he cleaned his room.她一直数落到儿子把房间收拾干净为止。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记法：Jaw 本义是下巴；人骂人时下巴不停开合，动词 jaw 就是责骂、唠叨。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：casual arguments、informal conversations、complaints 表示“责骂；唠叨”时，通常属于非正式用语，多用于口语或熟人之间的随意对话，正式书面语中比较少见。
Grammar Note
作'闲谈'义时不及物，作'教训'义时及物。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All these words rhyme with 'jaw' (/dʒɔ/): they share the vowel /ɔ/ and have no consonant after it, so 'law', 'saw', 'paw', 'raw', 'claw', and 'draw' all end with the same sound. Watch out for lookalikes that sound different: 'low' is /loʊ/ (not /lɔ/), and 'now' is /naʊ/, despite the similar spellings.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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