pillory
- v. （常用被动）抨击，（当众）嘲笑，（使）受公众批评；将……夹于颈手枷中（示众）
- n. （古刑具）木枷，颈手枷
[ 复数 pollories 第三人称单数 pillories 现在分词 pillorying 过去式 pilloried 过去分词 pilloried ]
网络释义英英释义
Pillory of the Sleepless 无眠颈枷锁
Hymn to the Pillory 枷锁颂 ; 枷刑颂
pillory y 示众 ; 颈手枷
pillory and spectator 示众与看客
nail to the pillory 钉在耻辱柱上
DE FOE IN THE PILLORY 笛福被戴枷示众
pillory [ 'piləri ]
- n. a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn
- v.
以上来源于: WordNet
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
pillory /ˈpɪlərɪ/ ( pillorying, pilloried, pillories )
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V-T If someone is pilloried, a lot of people, especially journalists, criticize them and make them look stupid. 嘲弄; 指受到很多人、尤指受到记者的嘲弄 [usu passive]
例：A man has been forced to resign as a result of being pilloried by some of the press.
一名男子因被某些媒体嘲弄而被迫离职。
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