单词 | supplice |
释义 | supplicen. 1. Punishment, esp. physical punishment exacted in retribution for a crime. Also more generally: torture, torment, suffering. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > [noun] justice?a1160 penancec1300 defensiona1382 forfeiture1390 punishment1402 revengementa1513 penition1547 revenge1561 infliction1590 supplice1646 vindictive1726 auto-da-fé1767 woodshedding1940 knuckle-rapping1944 society > authority > punishment > torture > [noun] tintreghc893 tormentc1290 tormentry1375 tormentisec1405 extort1541 torture1551 discruciament1593 discruciation1597 supplice1646 carnifice1657 1646 G. Buck Hist. Life Richard III iii. 95 The Earle of Warwick was tryed by his noble Peeres, and had the supplice of a Nobleman, in an honorable place, the Tower of London. 1653 W. Slingsby Mission of Consol. 14 [Cain] was thought worthy of no less a punishment than the protraction of life,..and his malice was adjudged to the pain of apprehending it, and to the supplice of a long life. 1735 London Mag. May 270/2 The supplice guilty Scylla prov'd, When thee, oh Minos! and thy form she lov'd. 1863 M. Oliphant Salem Chapel I. i. 15 It is easier to play the victim under the supplice inflicted by a pretty girl than by two mature matrons. 1949 K. A. Porter Lett. (1990) v. 365 My long supplice in that period was, just once more, my share of the universal bafflements. 2009 D. R. Harden in W. L. Richter Approaches to Polit. Thought x. 257 Foucault proposes that supplice was ended, not because of its brutality, but rather because of its inefficiency. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > prayer > [noun] benec1000 bodec1175 namaz1625 salat1652 supplice1656 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Supplice.., punishment, correction, pain, torment; it is also used for Prayer or Supplication, and sometimes for Sacrifice. Mr. Montagu. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1646 |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。