brickbat

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈbɹɪkbæt/    美 /ˈbɹɪkˌbæt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A piece of brick, rock, etc., especially when used as a weapon (for example, thrown or placed in a sock or other receptacle and used as a club).
    — [S]he sēt [sent] a brick back after him & hit him on þᵉ back, […]
  2. A piece of (sharp) criticism or a (highly) uncomplimentary remark. figuratively
    — I beſeech ye friends, ere the brickbats flye, reſolve me and your ſelves, is it blasphemy, or any vvhit diſagreeing from Chriſtian meekneſſe, […] for me to anſvver a ſlovenly vvincer of a confutation, that, if he vvould needs put his foot to ſuch a ſvveaty ſervice, the odour of his Sock vvas like to be neither Musk, nor Benjamin?
动词 v.
  1. To attack (someone or something) by swinging or throwing brickbats (noun sense 1). transitive
    — We had two boys arrested, both colored, for brick-batting a colored woman in her house. They were sent to the chaingang for 12 months each.
  2. To assail (someone or something) with (sharp) criticism. figuratively,transitive

词形变化

brickbats plural brickbats present,singular,third-person brickbatting participle,present brickbatted participle,past brickbatted past

词汇关系

衍生词
bouquets and brickbats brickbats brickbatting

词源

词源 1
The noun is derived from brick + bat (“a bit, piece; specifically, part of a brick with one whole end”). The verb is derived from the noun.
词源 2
The noun is derived from brick + bat (“a bit, piece; specifically, part of a brick with one whole end”). The verb is derived from the noun.
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