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单词 scourge
释义 scourge
 —scourger,  n.   —scourgingly,  adv.  
 /skerrj/,  n.  ,  v.  , scourged, scourging.
  n.  
  1. a whip or lash, esp. for the infliction of punishment or torture.
  2. a person or thing that applies or administers punishment or severe criticism.
  3. a cause of affliction or calamity: Disease and famine are scourges of humanity.
  v.t.  
  4. to whip with a scourge; lash.
  5. to punish, chastise, or criticize severely.
 [1175-1225; (n.) ME < AF escorge, deriv. of escorgier to whip < VL *excorrigiare, deriv. of L corrigia thong, whip (see EX-1); (v.) ME < OF escorgier]
 Syn. 3. plague, bane. 5. correct, castigate.
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