英语词汇“ducking stool”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-现代词典

单词	ducking stool
释义	ducking stool noun historical A chair fastened to the end of a pole, used formerly to plunge offenders into a pond or river as a punishment.Then the apparatus of power comprised stocks, ducking stools, branding irons and the omnipresent shadow of the gallows.... We will bring back the ducking stool for litter louts! And in this pool of water stood the ducking stool, where women received a drenching for their ‘crimes’ in days gone by.
随便看	take the biscuit (or take the cake) take the bread out of (or from) people's mouths take the bull by the horns take the cake take the chair take the chequered flag take the chill off take the count take the easy way out take the edge off take the fall take the field take the floor take the gilt off the gingerbread take the King's (or Queen's) shilling take the King's shilling take the law into one's own hands take the liberty take the long view take the mound take the (or one's etc.) secret to the grave take the part of take the piss (out of someone/thing) take the place of take the plunge

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