jaw someone
collocation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。
责骂;唠叨
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责骂;唠叨
to scold or speak noisily and at length; to assail with scolding
He jawed on about his problems for hours.
他唠叨了好几个小时自己的问题。
通过责骂攻击或辱骂
To assail or abuse by scolding.
责骂;喧嚷
To scold; to clamor.
(球)卡在袋口
(of a ball) To stick in the jaws of a pocket.
jaw
Base
原形
jaws
3rd person
第三人称单数
jawing
-ing
现在分词
jawed
Past
过去式
jawed
Past participle
过去分词
He jaws constantly during meetings.
他在会议中不停地闲聊。
She jawed with her friend for hours yesterday.
她昨天跟朋友闲聊了好几个小时。
They are jawing about the new project.
他们正在就新项目闲聊。
规则动词,过去式直接加-ed。
Stop jawing and get back to work!
别闲聊了,回去工作!
The coach jawed the team after their loss.
教练在球队失利后教训了他们。
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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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
谈谈总比打打好。
Churchill's phrase 'jaw-jaw' is the verb 'jaw' repeated, meaning to talk or chat. He was stressing that diplomacy and discussion are preferable to war.
丘吉尔的‘jaw-jaw’是动词‘jaw’的重复,表示‘交谈、闲聊’。他以此强调外交和对话比战争更可取。
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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。
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。
作'闲谈'义时不及物,作'教训'义时及物。
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