excoriate
- IPA[ikˈskôrēˌāt]
美式
- censure or criticize severely；damage or remove part of the surface of (the skin).
verb: excoriate, 3rd person present: excoriates, gerund or present participle: excoriating, past tense: excoriated, past participle: excoriated
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. formal censure or criticize severely the papers that had been excoriating him were now lauding him
- 2. damage or remove part of the surface of (the skin). 同義詞
- 更多解釋
- IPA[ɛkˈskɔːrɪeɪt]
英式
- damage or remove part of the surface of (the skin): the discharge is acrid and excoriates the skin of the nose
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