pillory
- IPA[ˈpilərē]
美式
- a wooden framework with holes for the head and hands, in which an offender was imprisoned and exposed to public abuse.
- put (someone) in a pillory.;attack or ridicule publicly
verb: pillory, 3rd person present: pillories, gerund or present participle: pillorying, past tense: pilloried, past participle: pilloried
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a wooden framework with holes for the head and hands, in which an offender was imprisoned and exposed to public abuse.
動詞
- 1. historical put (someone) in a pillory.
- 2. attack or ridicule publicly he found himself pilloried by members of his own party 同義詞
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- IPA[ˈpɪl(ə)ri]
英式
- a wooden framework with holes for the head and hands, in which offenders were formerly ...
- put (someone) in a pillory.
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