资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Browbeat \Brow"beat`\, v. t. [imp. {Browbeat}; p. p.
   {Browbeaten}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Browbeating}.]
   To depress or bear down with haughty, stern looks, or with
   arrogant speech and dogmatic assertions; to abash or
   disconcert by impudent or abusive words or looks; to bully;
   as, to browbeat witnesses.

         My grandfather was not a man to be browbeaten. --W.
                                                  Irving.

Browbeating \Brow"beat`ing\, n.
   The act of bearing down, abashing, or disconcerting, with
   stern looks, supercilious manners, or confident assertions.

         The imperious browbeatings and scorn of great men.
                                                  --L'Estrange.