pillory

US [ˈpɪləri]
UK ['pɪləri]
  • v.公开批评;抨击
  • n.(古刑具)木枷
  • Web颈手枷;示众;嘲弄
Plural Form:pillories  Present Participle:pillorying  Past Tense:pilloried  
pillory
v.
1.
[oftpass]
~ sb
公开批评;抨击to criticize sb strongly in public
He was regularly pilloried by the press for his radical ideas.
他因观点极端而经常受到新闻界的抨击。
n.
1.
(古刑具)木枷,颈手枷a wooden frame, with holes for the head and hands, which people were locked into in the past as a punishment

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