pillory是什么意思,pillory怎么读


pillory基本信息

读法:英 ["pɪlərɪ] 美 ["pɪləri]

释义:

  • vt. 给…上颈手枷;使…惹人嘲笑
  • n. 示众;颈手枷;使惹人嘲笑
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    英英释义

    Noun:

  • a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn
  • Verb:
  • expose to ridicule or public scorn
  • punish by putting in a pillory
  • criticize harshly or violently;"The press savaged the new President"
    "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"
  • 中英词源

    pillory 木枷,公开批评,抨击

    来自古法语pilori,木枷,枷锁,可能来自拉丁语pila,柱子,词源同pillar,pole.原指在柱子上挂枷示众,引申词义公开批评,抨击。

    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.

    词态变化

    复数 pillories;
    第三人称单数 pillories;
    过去式 pilloried;
    过去分词 pilloried;
    现在分词 pillorying;

    权威造句

    1. She is pillory in the press for her extravagant parties.
    她的聚会十分铺张,新闻界对她大加揶揄.

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    2. The world mocks at it and sometimes puts one in the pillory for it.
    世人对它大加嘲笑,有时甚至由于它还把人送上颈手枷.

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    近反义词

  • nail to the pillory 钉在枷架上
  • in the pillory 被处枷刑
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    相似短语

  • be in the pillory 成笑柄, 遭人嘲弄被处枷刑
  • 单词分析

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