scolding

名词 scolding:

1. rebuking a person harshly
   同义词：chiding, objurgation, tongue-lashing

动词 scold:

1. censure severely or angrily
   同义词：call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
2. show one's unhappiness or critical attitude
   同义词：grouch, grumble, scold

形容词 scolding:

1. who is rebuking severely

1. The headmaster gave the boys a scolding.
   校长训斥了那些男生。
2. He was scolded for being lazy.
   他因懒惰而受叱责。
3. He felt more like laughing at the child's escapade than scolding him, but, solemn as an owl, he got through the necessary reprimand.
   那孩子的恶作剧与其说让他责骂，倒不如说让他啼笑皆非，然而，他还是起来进行了必要的惩戒。
4. Every scolding that boy gets just seems to glance off him and not change his behaviors at all.
   每次责骂对这个男孩似乎都不起作用，一点也没有改变他的品行。