pillory
pillory
(historical)(史)
(pl. -ies)
[with obj.]
(historical)(史)
(pl. -ies)
- a wooden framework with holes for the head and hands, in which an offender was imprisoned and exposed to public abuse
枷（用以夹罪犯之颈与双手在公共场所示众，使其受众人嘲弄和羞辱）
[with obj.]
- put (someone) in the pillory
将（人）夹于枷中
■(figurative)attack or ridicule publicly
(喻)（当众）攻击；（当众）嘲笑
he found himself pilloried by members of his own party.
他发现自己遭到党内人员的嘲笑。
- Middle English: from Old French pilori, probably from Provençal espilori (associated by some with a Catalan word meaning 'peephole', of uncertain origin)
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