[with obj.]rebuke or reprimand severely 厉声训斥;严厉谴责 he chastised his colleagues for their laziness. 他严厉谴责同事们的怠惰。 ■(dated)punish, especially by beating (旧)惩罚(尤指拷打)
派生 chastisement noun chastiser noun 语源
Middle English: apparently formed irregularly from the obsolete verb chaste (see chasten)