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excoriate 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/ikˈskôrēˌāt/,
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excoriating, present participle; excoriated, past tense; excoriated, past participle; excoriates, 3rd person singular present;
  1. Censure or criticize severely
    • - the papers that had been excoriating him were now lauding him
  2. Damage or remove part of the surface of (the skin)

  1. condemn: express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated"
  2. chafe: tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading; "This leash chafes the dog's neck"
  3. (excoriation) abrasion: an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
  4. (excoriation) severe censure
  5. There are many conditions of or affecting the human integumentary system—the organ system that comprises the entire surface of the body and includes skin, hair, nails, and related muscle and glands.
  6. To wear off the skin of; to chafe or flay; To strongly denounce or censure
  7. (Excoriated) Refers to abraded and scratched lesions.
  8. (Excoriated) abrasion of the outer skin layers.
  9. (excoriation) an area of the skin covered by a crust, or scab, usually caused by scratching.
  10. (Excoriation) An erosion or destruction of the skin by mechanical means, which appears in the form of a scratch or abrasion of the skin.  It is commonly seen in other skin disorders causing itching/pruritus: dry skin, dermatitis, atopic dermatitis, scabies, etc. ...
  11. (Excoriation) Loss of skin by e.g. scratching.
  12. (Excoriation) Scratch or abrasion.
  13. (Excoriation) Damage to the skin such as around the anus in cases of prolonged severe diarrhoea.
  14. (Excoriation) For people with ostomies, it refers to red, raw, sore skin around the stoma, often from enzymes in loose faeces.
  15. (Excoriation) Scratch; linear break in the skin surface. Often covered with blood or crust.
  16. (Excoriation) The breakdown of skin.
  17. (Excoriation) abrasion of the epidermis or of the coating of any organ of the body by trauma, chemicals, burns, or other causes.
  18. to strip, scratch, or rub off the skin; to chafe.
  19. (v) - strip raw; censure, denounce
  20. to denounce scathingly
  21. abrade; to heap abuse