参考词典中scourge的常规释义:
基本释义
- n. 鞭,苦难的根源,灾祸
vt. 鞭打,痛斥,蹂躏
词形变化
- 时 态:scourged, scourg·ing, scourg·es名 词:scourg'er
参考例句
- The cruel captain used a scourge on his disobedient sailor.
那残忍的船长鞭打不服从命令的水手。 - A leather scourge used for flogging.
皮鞭用来鞭打的皮鞭
- The cruel captain used a scourge on his disobedient sailor.
英英解释
3个名词解释
- a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)
[同] flagellum, scourge - something causes misery or death
[同] curse, bane, nemesis, scourge
[例]- the bane of my life
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- a person who inspires fear or dread
[同] scourge, terror, threat
[例]- he was the terror of the neighborhood
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- punish severely; excoriate
- whip
[同] flagellate, scourge
[例]- The religious fanatics flagellated themselves
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- devastate or ravage
[同] desolate, devastate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge, waste
[例]- The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
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