pillory
英 ['p?l?r?]
美['p?l?ri]
- vt. 給…上頸手枷；使…惹人嘲笑
- n. 示眾；頸手枷；使惹人嘲笑
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?pillories;第三人稱單數:?pillories;過去式:?pilloried;過去分詞:?pilloried;現在分詞:?pillorying;
中文詞源
pillory 木枷，公開批評，抨擊
來自古法語pilori,木枷，枷鎖，可能來自拉丁語pila,柱子，詞源同pillar,pole.原指在柱子上掛枷示眾，引申詞義公開批評，抨擊。
英文詞源
- pillory (n.)
- late 13c. (attested in Anglo-Latin from late 12c.), from Old French pilori "pillory" (mid-12c.), related to Medieval Latin pilloria, of uncertain origin, perhaps a diminutive of Latin pila "pillar, stone barrier" (see pillar), but OED finds this proposed derivation "phonologically unsuitable."
- pillory (v.)
- c. 1600, from pillory (n.). Figurative sense of "expose publicly to ridicule or abuse" is from 1690s. Related: Pilloried.
雙語例句
- 1. She is pillory in the press for her extravagant parties.
- 她的聚會十分鋪張,新聞界對她大加揶揄.
來自互聯網
- 2. The world mocks at it and sometimes puts one in the pillory for it.
- 世人對它大加嘲笑,有時甚至由于它還把人送上頸手枷.
來自互聯網