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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Rebuke \Re*buke"\, n.
1. A direct and pointed reproof; a reprimand; also,
chastisement; punishment.
For thy sake I have suffered rebuke. --Jer. xv. 15.
Why bear you these rebukes and answer not? --Shak.
2. Check; rebuff. [Obs.] --L'Estrange.
{To be without rebuke}, to live without giving cause of
reproof or censure; to be blameless.
Rebuke \Re*buke"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rebuked}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Rebuking}.] [OF. rebouquier to dull, blunt, F. reboucher;
perhaps fr. pref. re- re- + bouche mouth, OF. also bouque, L.
bucca cheek; if so, the original sense was, to stop the mouth
of; hence, to stop, obstruct.]
To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by
expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and
summarily; to chide; to reprove; to admonish.
The proud he tamed, the penitent he cheered, Nor to
rebuke the rich offender feared. --Dryden.
Syn: To reprove; chide; check; chasten; restrain; silence.
See {Reprove}.
資料來源 : WordNet®
rebuke
n : an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to
take the rebuke with a smile on his face" [syn: {reproof},
{reproval}, {reprehension}, {reprimand}]
rebuke
v : censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child
for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the
Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter
for bringing cold soup" [syn: {call on the carpet}, {rag},
{trounce}, {reproof}, {lecture}, {reprimand}, {jaw}, {dress
down}, {call down}, {scold}, {chide}, {berate}, {bawl out},
{remonstrate}, {chew out}, {chew up}, {have words}, {lambaste},
{lambast}]