pillory是什么意思？

pillory

英[ˈpɪləri] 美[ˈpɪləri]

• n. 颈手枷；
• vt. 使受公众嘲笑，将…示众，<史>给…上颈手枷，处…以枷刑；

复数：pillories;

第三人称单数：pillories;

过去式：pilloried;

过去分词：pilloried;

现在分词：pillorying;

例句

• The world mocks at it and sometimes puts one in the pillory for it. 世人对它大加嘲笑,有时甚至由于它还把人送上颈手枷.
• She is pillory in the press for her extravagant parties. 她的聚会十分铺张,新闻界对她大加揶揄.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  使受公众（尤指记者）批评；使受羞辱
  If someone is pilloried, a lot of people, especially journalists, criticize them and make them look stupid.
  例句
  A man has been forced to resign as a result of being pilloried by some of the press. 一人因为受到一些媒体的抨击已被迫辞职。
• N-COUNT
  颈手枷（欧洲旧时用以将罪犯示众的刑具）
  A pillory is a wooden frame with holes for the head and hands. In Europe in former times criminals were sometimes locked in a pillory as a form of punishment.

英汉词典释义

• vt.
  使受公众嘲笑,将…示众
  He was pilloried, but she escaped without blemish. 他受到公众的批评，她却名声未损地得以逃脱。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the neck and hands; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn
• Verb
  1. expose to ridicule or public scorn
  2. punish by putting in a pillory
  3. criticize harshly or violently;
  "The press savaged the new President""The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"