单词	scourge
释义	scourge1 nounscourge2 verb scourgescourge1 /skɜːdʒ $ skɜːrdʒ/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINscourge1 Origin: 1100-1200 Anglo-French escorge, from Old French escorgier ‘to whip’, from Latin corrigia ‘long thin piece of leather’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS I just repeated the story about my speech on the scourge of gangsterism. Some of my best friends have been taken by that scourge. Sustained international terror has been a scourge on civilized society for the past quarter-century. Thérèse did not possess a hair shirt, or a belt spiked with rusty nails, or a scourge. The scourge had abated, but psychological damage had been done, which was not so readily repaired. The harpies from Paris running the road houses which must inevitably multiply will be a worse scourge than the mosquitoes. The weather was like a scourge, the land could kill you. 1something that causes a lot of harm or sufferingscourge of the scourge of unemployment the scourge of war2a whip used to punish people in the past scourge1 nounscourge2 verb scourgescourge2 verb [transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE scourge Simple Form Present I, you, we, they scourge he, she, it scourges Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they scourged Present perfect I, you, we, they have scourged he, she, it has scourged Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had scourged Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will scourge Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have scourged Continuous Form Present I am scourging he, she, it is scourging you, we, they are scourging Past I, he, she, it was scourging you, we, they were scourging Present perfect I, you, we, they have been scourging he, she, it has been scourging Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been scourging Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be scourging Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been scourging Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Enraged, he had her broken on a wheel, scourged and beheaded, at which milk flowed from her veins. In another age Preston would have been out there with the self-flagellants, scourging away for all he was worth. It flicked behind each dimpled knee; and then scourged her at intervals from her pretty ankles to her shoulder blades. 1to cause a lot of harm or suffering to a place or group of people2to hit someone with a whip as punishment in the past
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