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单词 pillory
释义 pillory
n. & v.
--n (pl. -ies) hist. a wooden framework with holes for the head and hands, enabling the public to assault or ridicule a person so imprisoned.
--vtr. (-ies, -ied)
  1. expose (a person) to ridicule or public contempt.
  2. hist. put in the pillory.
Etymology: ME f. AL pillorium f. OF pilori etc.: prob. f. Prov. espilori of uncert. orig.
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