| 词汇 | ticking-off |
| 释义 | ticking-off noun[ S ] UKinformaluk /ˌtɪk.ɪŋˈɒf/ us /ˌtɪk.ɪŋˈɑːf/ severe criticism because you have done something wrong: 责备，责骂 I gave her a real ticking-off yesterday.我昨天狠狠地骂了她一通。 Chastising & rebuking admonishing admonishingly admonitory barracking bawl carpet earbashing keelhaul lambaste lecture pull someone up punchbag punching bag put someone in their placeidiom rap someone over the knucklesidiom reproachful shame spoken tear wigging Examples of ticking-offticking-off They never know from one year to another whether they will be invited in for a ministerial ticking-off. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The fact is that we proceed not by ticking-off items on an agenda, but by subtle variations in emphasis, in the reservations and qualifications which fill the official announcements. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He got a "ticking-off"—but who cares? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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