• vt. 給…上頸手枷；使…惹人嘲笑
• n. 示眾；頸手枷；使惹人嘲笑

來自古法語pilori,木枷，枷鎖，可能來自拉丁語pila,柱子，詞源同pillar,pole.原指在柱子上掛枷示眾，引申詞義公開批評，抨擊。

pillory (n.)

late 13c. (attested in Anglo-Latin from late 12c.), from Old French pilori "pillory" (mid-12c.), related to Medieval Latin pilloria, of uncertain origin, perhaps a diminutive of Latin pila "pillar, stone barrier" (see pillar), but OED finds this proposed derivation "phonologically unsuitable."

pillory (v.)

c. 1600, from pillory (n.). Figurative sense of "expose publicly to ridicule or abuse" is from 1690s. Related: Pilloried.

1. She is pillory in the press for her extravagant parties.

她的聚會十分鋪張,新聞界對她大加揶揄.

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2. The world mocks at it and sometimes puts one in the pillory for it.

世人對它大加嘲笑,有時甚至由于它還把人送上頸手枷.

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