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 chide /ˈʧaɪd/
 (vt.)(vi.)斥責,責罵

 Chide v. t.
 1. To rebuke; to reprove; to scold; to find fault with.
    Upbraided, chid, and rated at.   --Shak.
 2. Fig.: To be noisy about; to chafe against.
    The sea that chides the banks of England.   --Shak.
 To chide hither, To chide from, or To chide away, to cause to come, or to drive away, by scolding or reproof.
 Syn: -- To blame; rebuke; reprove; scold; censure; reproach; reprehend; reprimand.

 Chide, v. i.
 1. To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily.
    Wherefore the people did chide with Moses.   --Ex. xvii. 2.
 2. To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.
    As doth a rock againts the chiding flood.   --Shak.

 Chide, n.  A continuous noise or murmur.
    The chide of streams.   --Thomson.
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 chide
      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, rebuke,
           rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw,
           dress down, call down, scold, berate, bawl out,
           remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste,
           lambast]
      [also: chidden, chid]