/skəʊld ||; skold/verb
[I,T] scold sb (for sth/for doing sth) to speak angrily to sb because he/she has done something bad or wrong 责骂;斥责
☞ Tell off is more common. tell off较常用。
scold/skold; skəʊld/v [I,T] to tell someone in an angry way that they have done something wrong 责骂﹐斥责: scold sb for sth Her father scolded her for upsetting her mother. 爸爸斥责她惹妈妈生气。 —scolding n [C,U]
scoldscoldscoldsscoldedscoldingverb (scolds, scolding, scolded)to tell a child in an angry way that they have done something wrong: His mother scolded him for being so naughty.