crucify
美音:
[´kru:sə´faı
]英音:
[´kru:sə´faı
]vt.十字架上钉死
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crucify为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:crucifier 动词过去式:crucified 过去分词:crucified 现在分词:crucifying 第三人称单数:crucifies
词根
cruc=cross(十字;交叉)
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crucify
/'kru:sɪfaɪ; `krusə,faɪ/
v (pt, pp -fied) [Tn]
1 kill (sb) by nailing or tying him to a cross1(2a) 把(某人)钉死在十字架上.
2 (fig infml 比喻, 口) deal with (sb) very severely 折磨, 虐待(某人)
*The minister was crucified (ie very severely criticized) in the press for his handling of the affair. 部长对此事的处理手法受到新闻界的严厉抨击.
crucify
v past tense and past participlecrucifiedpresent participlecrucifyingthird person singularcrucifies [T]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin: crucifier, from Late Latin crucifigere, from Latin crux ( CROSS2) + figere 'to fasten']
to kill someone by fastening them to a cross
to criticize someone severely and cruelly for something they have done, especially in public