lynch
美音:
[lıntʃ
]英音:
[lıntʃ
]n.私刑,诽谤 vt.处以私刑,诽谤,中伤
难易程度:
lynch为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:lyncher 动词过去式:lynched 过去分词:lynched 现在分词:lynching 第三人称单数:lynches
lynch
/lɪntʃ; lɪntʃ/
v [Tn] put to death or punish violently (sb believed to be guilty of a crime) without a lawful trial 用私刑处死或严惩(被认为有罪的人)
*innocent men lynched by the angry mob 被狂怒的暴民以私刑杀害的无辜男子.
lynch
v [T][
Date: 1800-1900;
Origin: William Lynch (1724-1820), U.S. citizen who organized illegal trials in Virginia]
if a crowd of people lynches someone, they kill them, especially by
hanging them, without using the usual legal process
>lynchingn[C]