earful [
'ɪrfəl]
n. 惊人(或重要)新闻的透露, (说话、闲话等的)大量, 过多, 斥责
- If he bothers you again I'll give him an earful.
如果他再来烦你,我就训他一顿。 - If he comes here again and tries to make trouble, he'll get an earful from me.
他如果再来这里捣乱,我就会把他臭骂一顿。 - I heard an earful of gossip today.
我今天听到不少闲话。
earful[ noun ]- an outpouring of gossip
<noun.communication>
- a severe scolding
<noun.communication>
- The governor got an earful from small companies.
- The bond market got an earful of economic news this past week, and didn't like a lot of what it heard.
- And visitors get an earful of the KGB's counterespionage victories.
- If not, we can all ride bikes, like in China." When Mr. Walesa was chairman of Solidarity, he might have been counted on for an earful.