"The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"
"The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"
"The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
chew out的用法和样例:
例句
He chewed out his secretary for being late to work. 他严厉责备秘书上班迟到。
The teacher chewed him out for being late again. 他由于又迟到而受到老师的训斥。
She really laid him out in lavender for arriving an hour later. 因为他迟到了一小时,她狠狠地训斥了他一顿。