| 释义 |
castigator|ˈkæstɪgeɪtə(r)|
[a. L. castīgātor, agent-noun f. castīgāre; see castigate.]
One who castigates; see the verb.
1618R. Houlder Barnevelt's Apol. F ij b (T.) The Latin castigator hath observed that the Dutch copy is corrupted and faulty here. 1873Symonds Grk. Poets iv. 108 A sincere castigator of crime, extravagance, and folly. 1878J. H. Gray China II. xviii. 60 The beggar received his punishment without a murmur, his castigator being..the head of his clan. 1885H. Morley Introd. Montaigne's Ess. (Rtldg.) 20 The Pope's castigator of books. |