| 单词 | pillory |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['piləri] |
| 解释 | n.颈手枷;示众,嘲弄 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 颈手枷;示众,嘲弄( a means for exposing one for public scorn) 【考】 pillory : ridicule / guillotine : execute(示众为了嘲笑/断头 台为了处死)admonish : denounce / punish : pillory(谴责为了训诫/示众 为了惩罚)反义词:exalt(赞扬) 【记】 注意不要和pillar(支 柱)相混 |
| 字源 | pillory (n.) late 13c. (attested in Anglo-Latin from late 12c.), from Old French pilori "pillory" (mid-12c.), related to Medieval Latin pilloria, of uncertain origin, perhaps a diminutive of Latin pila "pillar, stone barrier" (see pillar), but OED finds this proposed derivation "phonologically unsuitable." pillory (v.) c.1600, from pillory (n.). Figurative sense of "expose publicly to ridicule or abuse" is from 1690s. Related: Pilloried. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 颈手枷(有放置头和手的洞, 用来将罪犯的颈与手枷住作为示众惩罚); 示众, 嘲弄 【记】读: 劈了他-用西红柿和鸡蛋劈了他-示众惩罚 【类】pillory: ridicule = guillotine: execute颈手枷是为了嘲笑 = 断头台是为了处死admonish: denounce = punish: pillory = 『persuade: convince』谴责是一种公开警告 = 示众是一种公开惩罚『劝说: 使信服』chide: pillory = humor: mollycoddle斥责过分是示众惩罚 = 牵就过分是溺爱 【反】exalt(v 晋陞; 赞扬); praise publicly(公开赞美) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】pile 桩子 + lorry卡车,绑在卡车后面的桩子戴着颈手枷上游街示众 |
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