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When you scold someone, you speak to them because they did something wrong. You are not hitting them, and you are not only explaining the rule in a calm voice. You are telling them off, with heat in your words.
When you scold someone當你scold一個人, you speak to them angrily你是用生氣的口氣跟他說話 because they did something wrong因為他做錯了事。You are not hitting them你不是在打他, and you are not only explaining the rule in a calm voice也不只是心平氣和地解釋規則。You are telling them off你是在數落他, with heat in your words話裡帶著怒氣。
Parents scold children a lot — for lying, for making a mess, for being rude. Teachers scold a class that will not sit still. A boss can scold a worker, though in offices people more often say “tell off” or use a colder word like “reprimand”; scold still sounds a bit like home, or like a storybook.
Parents scold children a lot父母很常scold小孩 — for lying因為說謊, for making a mess因為把東西弄得一團亂, for being rude因為沒禮貌。Teachers scold a class that will not sit still老師會scold坐不住的班級。A boss can scold a worker老闆也可以scold員工, though in offices people more often say "tell off" or use a colder word like "reprimand"不過在辦公室裡大家比較常說"tell off"，或用比較冷硬的字像"reprimand"（申誡）; scold still sounds a bit like home, or like a storybookscold聽起來還是比較像家裡，或像故事書裡的用語。
Though actually, it is milder than “yell” and warmer than an official warning. You usually scold a person you have some right to correct, not a stranger on the street.
Though actually不過其實, it is milder than "yell"它比"yell"（大吼）溫和 and warmer than an official warning也比正式的警告有人情味。You usually scold a person you have some right to correct你通常只會scold一個你有資格糾正的人, not a stranger on the street而不是街上的陌生人。
You scold someone (scold him, scold the children); you do not scold a thing.
You scold someone你scold的對象是人 (scold him, scold the children)（像scold him、scold the children）; you do not scold a thing你不會scold一個東西。
Long ago, “a scold” could also mean a person — often a woman — who nagged all day. Almost nobody uses that noun now. The everyday noun is a scolding.
Long ago很久以前, "a scold" could also mean a person"a scold"這個字也可以指一個人 — often a woman往往是女人 — who nagged all day整天嘮叨個不停的人。Almost nobody uses that noun now現在幾乎沒有人這樣用這個名詞了。The everyday noun is a scolding現在日常用的名詞是a scolding（一頓責罵）。
組成The noun is from Middle English scold / skald (1100s–1200s). The verb scolden appears in the late 1300s, and most dictionaries say the verb comes from the noun. The noun is probably from Old Norse skald, “poet” — those poets sometimes wrote poems to insult people. Another view is that English scold and Norse skald are sister words, also related to German schelten, “to scold.” Scholars do not all agree, so the poet story is the usual one, not a locked fact.
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
scoldnoun/ˈskəʊ̯ld/
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A person who habitually scolds, in particular a troublesome and angry woman.
- A ſclaunderous tunge, a tunge of a ſkolde, Worketh more miſchiefe than can be tolde; That, if I wiſt not to be controlde, Yet ſomwhat to ſay I dare well be bolde,
- “Well, I won’t have it, and that’s enough.” She laughed, for her voice had a little been that of the professional scold.
scoldverb/ˈskəʊ̯ld/
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To rebuke angrily.
- I advise that you refrain from using that kind of language at home, lest your mother scold you.
- A week elapsed before she could see Elizabeth without scolding her —
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biologynatural-sciencesornithologyOf birds, to make harsh vocalisations in aggression.
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Of birds, to make vocalisations that resemble human scolding.
- [T]he merry songsters of the wood now filled the air with their jubilee; the nutcracker began his monotonous clattering, the chaffinches and the wrens sang high in the sky, the blackcock scolded and blustered loudly, the thrush sang his mocking songs and libellous ditties about everybody, but became occasionally a little sentimental and warbled gently and bashfully some tender stanzas.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。