fustigate

vt. 用棍棒打, 抨击

词形变化

fustigated fustigates 三单 fustigates fustigating fustigating 现在分词 fustigated 过去式 fustigated 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To hit someone with a club.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To harshly criticize someone.

    比喻

词汇关系

动词

同义词 1

cudgel

上位词 1

hit

词源

First attested in 1656; borrowed from Latin fūstīgātus, perfect passive participle of fūstīgō (“to cudgel to death”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from fūstis (“a cudgel”) + -igō.

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