pillory

pillory /'piləri/
  • danh từ
    • cái giàn gông (đóng cố định xuống đất, gông cổ và tay)
      • to put (set) in the pillory: đem gông (ai); (nghĩa bóng) bêu riếu (ai)
  • ngoại động từ
    • đem gông (ai)
    • (nghĩa bóng) bêu riếu (ai)

Xem thêm: gibbet, savage, crucify



pillory

Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn

    v.

  • expose to ridicule or public scorn; gibbet
  • punish by putting in a pillory
  • criticize harshly or violently; savage, crucify

    The press savaged the new President

    The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage


English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

pillories|pilloried|pillorying
syn.: crucify gibbet savage