Riot Act

英 美
  • n.(1715年英王乔治一世颁布的)取缔闹事法
  • act n.行为;行动;法案;(戏剧、歌剧等的)一幕;假装v.行动;举止;假装;表演;扮演;充当;有效果
  • riot n.暴乱;骚乱;喧闹;(色彩)丰富;有趣的人v.闹事;骚乱
Noun:
  1. a vigorous reprimand;

    "I read him the riot act"

  2. a former English law requiring mobs to disperse after a magistrate reads the law to them

    1. The teacher really read him the Riot Act when he hit a ball through the window and broke it.
      在他把球打进窗子并打破了玻璃以后,老师狠狠地训斥了他一顿。