browbeat

vt. 对...吹胡子瞪眼睛, 吓唬

发音

UK /ˈbɹaʊ.biːt/
US /ˈbɹaʊ.biːt/
AU

词形变化

browbeaten browbeating browbeats 三单 browbeats browbeating 现在分词 browbeaten 过去式 browbeaten 过去分词

别名

brow-beat

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.

    及物

    Though the teacher browbeat all the children, they still acted out during the lesson.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 8

hector bully swagger strong-arm push around ballyrag boss around bullyrag

上位词 8

intimidate coax sweet-talk blarney cajole inveigle palaver wheedle

下位词 3

domineer tyrannise tyrannize

词源

From brow + beat.

来源：wiktionary