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.
雙語例句
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.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
2. The world mocks at it and sometimes puts one in the pillory for it.