excoriate

• vt. 严厉的责难；擦破...的皮肤

ex-, 向外。-cor, 切，皮肤，词源同corium, carnal, shear.

excoriate (v.)

early 15c., from Late Latin excoriatus, past participle of excoriare "flay, strip off the hide," from Latin ex- "off" (see ex-) + corium "hide, skin" (see corium). Figurative sense of "denounce, censure" first recorded in English 1708. Related: Excoriated; excoriating.

1. He proceeded to excoriate me in front of the nurses.

他开始在护士面前痛斥我。

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