参考词典中riot act的常规释义:
基本释义
- n.<英> (1715年英王乔治一世颁布的)取缔闹事法
参考例句
- The teacher read the riot act to the rowdy class.
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- The teacher read the riot act to the rowdy class.
英英解释
2个名词解释
- a vigorous reprimand
[例]- I read him the riot act
- a former English law requiring mobs to disperse after a magistrate reads the law to them
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