柯林斯詞典tongue-lashing (also tongue lashing) (tongue-lashings) 1. N-COUNT If someone gives you a tongue-lashing, they shout at you or criticize you in a very forceful way. 斥責; 呵斥[非正式] After a cruel tongue lashing, he threw the girl out of the group. 一陣嚴厲的斥責后，他把這個女孩從小組中趕了出去。 返回 tongue-lashing劍橋詞典If you give someone a tongue-lashing, you speak angrily to that person about something that they have done wrong . （對犯錯者的）怒斥，訓斥 He got a real tongue lashing after the game . 賽后他受到了嚴厲的指責。 返回 tongue-lashing