中英互译
pillory
英 /ˈpɪləri/美 /ˈpɪləri/
基本释义
- v.抨击；（当众）嘲笑；将……夹于颈手枷中；（使）受公众批评
- n.（古刑具）木枷，颈手枷
复数pollories
第三人称单数pillories
现在分词pillorying
过去式pilloried
过去分词pilloried
GRESAT
双语例句
- Will those found guilty be dragged straight from the court to the pillory?那些看起来有罪的人会从法庭上被直接拉出去示众吗？
- This is a story for your pleasure and not a candidate for Mr. Graves' literary pillory !这是供你消遣的小说，而非格雷夫斯先生文学批判的对象！
- For serious offences, use is made of the pillory as well as of the cangue, which latter is a heavy square wooden board round the neck.对严重违法者，既使用颈枷也使用手铐。 颈枷是戴在脖子上的一块沉重的方木块。
网络短语
- Mortifying Pillory死亡宣判
- Pillory of the Sleepless无眠颈枷锁
- Hymn to the Pillory枷锁颂；枷刑颂
- be in the pillory成笑柄
- pillory y示众；颈手枷
英英释义
- n.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
- v.expose to ridicule or public scorn
- v.punish by putting in a pillory
- v.criticize harshly or violently
词源
- pillory来自古法语pilori.
- 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。
- pilloryFrom Old French pilori.