lambast
verb(also lambaste)
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they lambast, lambaste | |
| he / she / it lambasts, lambastes | |
| past simple lambasted | |
| past participle lambasted | |
| -ing form lambasting |
- lambast somebody/something
to attack or criticize somebody/something very severely, especially in public （尤指公开地）猛烈抨击，狠狠批评 Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘beat, thrash’): from lam ‘hit hard’ + baste ‘thrash’. The current sense dates from the late 19th cent.