pillory

英 ['pɪlərɪ] 美 ['pɪləri]
  • vt. 给…上颈手枷;使…惹人嘲笑
  • n. 示众;颈手枷;使惹人嘲笑

中文词源


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。

英文词源


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.

双语例句


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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