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rake over coals

/kohl/US // koʊl //UK // (kəʊl) //

扒开炭火,扒开煤堆,扒开煤炭,扒在炭上

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
    • : a piece of glowing, charred, or burned wood or other combustible substance.
    • : charcoal.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to burn to coal or charcoal.
    • : to provide with coal.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to take in coal for fuel.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms
assail袭击,攻击,殴打,打击berate呵斥,呵责,训斥,嗔怪castigate诟病,鞭挞,抨击,谴责excoriate苛责,痛斥,谴责,剥落scold责骂,骂人,斥责,詈骂upbraid叱咤风云,叱责,叱骂,叱咤江湖attack攻击,袭击,抨击,抨击的blister水泡,疱疹,起泡,起泡剂bludgeon打棍子,打击,棍棒,拍打censure斥责,谴责,指责,训斥criticize批评,批判,指责,说三道四cudgel棒子,大棒,棍棒,棍子denounce谴责,攻讦,驳斥,指责flay剥皮,剥落,扒皮,剥制flog鞭打,鞭笞,鞭挞,鞭策hammer榔头,锤子,铁锤,铁锤子hit撞击,冲击,撞击声,敲击pan平底锅,盘子,盘点,锅pelt毛皮,生皮,生皮的作用,毛皮的颜色pound重击,磅,捣毁,敲击pummel殴打,敲打,敲击,捣毁rebuke训斥,申斥,谴责,训斥一下reprimand斥责,训斥,斥责责备,谴责roast烘烤,焙烧,烘焙,焙烤scorch灼烧,烧焦,灼热,灼伤scourge祸患,祸害,灾祸,灾害shellac虫胶,贝壳粉,虫胶的使用,虫胶的使用方法slam猛击,抨击,猛烈抨击,猛烈撞击slap掌掴,猛击,拍打,啪啪啪slash斜线,斜杠,斜线式,斜杠杠的smear涂抹,涂片,敷衍了事,抹黑smother窒息,扼杀,封杀,闷死strike打击,击中,罢工,击中了thrash抽打,抽搐,鞭打,鞭挞trim修剪,修饰,修整,修剪的wallop撞墙,撞击,撞击声,墙头草whip鞭子,鞭打,鞭笞,皮鞭lash into鞭笞,鞭打,抓紧时间,鞭挞rake over the coals扒在炭火上,扒开炭火,扒在炭上,扒在炭火上的read the riot act宣读暴乱法,宣读暴动法案,宣读防暴法,宣读暴动法rip into撕毁,撕裂成,撕开,撕裂为scathe刮痧,刮伤,刮痕,刮擦

Examples

  • In some parts of the country right now that rely 60 percent or more for electricity generation on coal power, moving to electricity could increase GHG emissions.

  • In 2019, more than 66 percent of the electricity in China was generated using coal power, which is a leading contributor to air pollution in China.

  • In coal plants, supplying the coal accounts for about 40 percent of total expenses.

  • More than 40 percent of coal mined in the United States comes from federal land, and in 2016, the Obama administration hit pause on coal leasing there, pending a review of the program.

  • Not even Naunchik, who hails from a long lineage of union coal miners, aluminum millers, teachers, and machinists in western Pennsylvania, wants a work-stoppage strike to happen.

  • Good governance would mean sticks and coal for too many of our favorite politicians.

  • There was Milan Hruška, a fiery miner from the North Bohemian coal mines.

  • Life can be tough in West Virginia, especially for the hardworking souls of coal country.

  • He also says Rahall made millions off that “coal-killing” legislation, which is patently false.

  • The aforementioned stories may very well be legitimate, but let's consider them a sort of canary in the coal mine.

  • It was little better than coal dust, and would not carry a ball fifty paces to kill or wound.

  • Of late, however, it has acquired a far greater interest through the discovery of coal underneath its surface.

  • And one of the seraphims flew to me, and in his hand was a live coal, which he had taken with the tongs off the altar.

  • An explosion took place in the Blackheath coal mines, Virginia; by which of the twenty-three workmen only one escaped death.

  • But its use as such is to dispose of any such idea as that there is a natural price of coal or of anything else.