pillory
n.(古刑具)颈手枷,示众 vt.上颈手枷,使惹人嘲笑
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pillory为短语/超纲词汇
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名词复数:pillories 动词过去式:pilloried 过去分词:pilloried 现在分词:pillorying 第三人称单数:pillories
pillory
/'pɪlərɪ; `pɪlərɪ/
n wooden framework with holes for the head and hands, into which wrongdoers were locked in former times, so that they could be publicly ridiculed 枷. =>illus 见插图.
v (pt, pp -ried / -lErId; -lErId/) [Tn] attack or ridicule (sb) in public 公开攻击或嘲笑(某人)
*She was pilloried in the press for her extravagant parties. 她的聚会十分铺张, 新闻界对她大加揶揄.