1
- historical a whip used as an instrument of punishment〈史〉（作刑具用的）鞭子。
2
- a person or thing that causes great trouble or suffering麻烦制造者; 祸害：
the scourge of mass unemployment.
大量人口失业的祸害。
with obj.
1
- historical whip (someone) as a punishment〈史〉鞭笞（某人）。
2
- cause great suffering to给…带来痛苦, 折磨：
political methods used to scourge and oppress workers.
用来折磨和迫害工人的政治手段。
派生词
scourger
noun （〈史〉）词源
Middle English:shortening of Old French escorge (noun)， escorgier (verb)， from Latin ex- 'thoroughly'+corrigia 'thong， whip'.