diatribe

名词 n.
发音 dīˈ -ə-trībˌ

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An abusive, bitter verbal or written attack, criticism or denunciation.
    — to throw a diatribe
  2. A prolonged discourse; a long-winded speech.

词形变化

diatribes plural

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *dwísder.
Ancient Greek διά (diá)
Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-)
Proto-Indo-European *terh₁-der.
Ancient Greek τρῑ́βω (trī́bō)
Ancient Greek δῐᾰτρῑ́βω (dĭătrī́bō)
Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)
Ancient Greek -η (-ē)
Ancient Greek δῐᾰτρῐβή (dĭătrĭbḗ)der.
Latin diatribader.
French diatribebor.
English diatribe
First attested 1581, borrowed from French diatribe, from Latin diatriba (“learned discussion or discourse”), from Ancient Greek διατριβή (diatribḗ, “way of spending time, lecture”), from διά (diá, “through”) + τρίβω (tríbō, “to waste, wear out”)
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