| 单词 | ordeal |
| 释义 | ordeal n. 1. a painful or horrific experience; a severe trial. 2. hist. an ancient esp. Germanic test of guilt or innocence by subjection of the accused to severe pain or torture, survival of which was taken as divine proof of innocence. Phrases and idioms ordeal tree the tanghin. Etymology: OE ordal, ordel f. Gmc: cf. DEAL(1) |
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