excoriate

verb

/ɪkˈskɔːrieɪt/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they excoriate	/ɪkˈskɔːrieɪt/ /ɪkˈskɔːrieɪt/
he / she / it excoriates	/ɪkˈskɔːrieɪts/ /ɪkˈskɔːrieɪts/
past simple excoriated	/ɪkˈskɔːrieɪtɪd/ /ɪkˈskɔːrieɪtɪd/
past participle excoriated	/ɪkˈskɔːrieɪtɪd/ /ɪkˈskɔːrieɪtɪd/
-ing form excoriating	/ɪkˈskɔːrieɪtɪŋ/ /ɪkˈskɔːrieɪtɪŋ/

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excoriate something (medical医学) to make a person’s skin painful, and often red, so that it starts to come off擦破，擦伤，剥落（皮肤）
excoriate somebody/something (formal) to criticize somebody/something severely严厉指责；痛斥

Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin excoriat- ‘skinned’, from the verb excoriare, from ex- ‘out, from’ + corium ‘skin, hide’.