| 单词 | scapegoat |
| 释义 | Word Frequency scapegoat(ˈskeɪpˌɡəʊt) noun 1. a person made to bear the blame for others 2. Old Testament a goat used in the ritual of Yom Kippur (Leviticus 16); it was symbolically laden with the sins of the Israelites and sent into the wilderness to be destroyed verb 3. (transitive) to make a scapegoat of Word origin C16: from escape + goat, coined by William Tyndale to translate Biblical Hebrew azāzēl (probably) goat for Azazel, mistakenly thought to mean 'goat that escapes' |
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