单词 | pillory |
释义 | pillory 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. pillory, v (pt, pp -ried ) [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. |
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