pil·lo·ry
verb/ˈpɪləri/
/ˈpɪləri/
[often passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they pillory | /ˈpɪləri/ /ˈpɪləri/ |
| he / she / it pillories | /ˈpɪləriz/ /ˈpɪləriz/ |
| past simple pilloried | /ˈpɪlərid/ /ˈpɪlərid/ |
| past participle pilloried | /ˈpɪlərid/ /ˈpɪlərid/ |
| -ing form pillorying | /ˈpɪləriɪŋ/ /ˈpɪləriɪŋ/ |
- pillory somebody to criticize somebody strongly in public
公开批评；抨击 - He was regularly pilloried by the press for his radical ideas.
他因观点极端而经常受到新闻界的抨击。
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French pilori, probably from Provençal espilori (associated by some with a Catalan word meaning ‘peephole’, of uncertain origin). - He was regularly pilloried by the press for his radical ideas.