Question of the Day #119

"‘He only knows how to write in 140 characters’: Trump slammed over yearbook-style note at Holocaust memorial"
From the headline of this article at Raw Story.

上記の文で、slamの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "slam" mean?

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解答

意味： 英辞郎によると、


〔～を厳しく〕非難する、糾弾する、けなす

Answer

According to Dictionary.com:

Informal. to criticize harshly; attack verbally

Etymology/語源

Dictionary.comによると、

1650~60年ごろから。スカンジナビア系の言語より。アイスランド語、ノルウェー語、スエーデン語のslamraが変形したと思われる。

According to Dictionary.com:

1650-60; perhaps < Scandinavian; compare Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish slamra to slam

Examples

• He slammed my taste mercilessly.
• You know you want to slam Romney for it, but it's a lie to suggestotherwise.
• Although the reviewers slammed the play, the audience loved it.
• ‘the new TV soap was slammed as being cynical and irresponsible’