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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