单词	pillory
释义	pillory1 verbpillory2 noun pillorypil‧lo‧ry1 /ˈpɪləri/ verb (past tense and past participle pilloried, present participle pillorying, third person singular pillories) [transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE pillory Simple Form Present I, you, we, they pillory he, she, it pillories Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they pilloried Present perfect I, you, we, they have pilloried he, she, it has pilloried Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had pilloried Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will pillory Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have pilloried Continuous Form Present I am pillorying he, she, it is pillorying you, we, they are pillorying Past I, he, she, it was pillorying you, we, they were pillorying Present perfect I, you, we, they have been pillorying he, she, it has been pillorying Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been pillorying Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be pillorying Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been pillorying Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Carter was pilloried for his military policies. Harper was pilloried in the press after his team's sixth consecutive defeat. Middleton suffered the ultimate humiliation of being pilloried by his colleagues in front of the television cameras. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS They were clearly on the lookout for a second opening to pillory their headmistress. We do not want to pillory people without cause. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto strongly criticize someone or something► attack to strongly and publicly criticize a person, plan, or belief that you completely disagree with: · Several actors have attacked proposals to cut the theatre's budget.attack somebody for (doing) something: · Union leaders attacked management for eliminating employee health benefits. ► slam to criticize someone or something very strongly in a public statement -- used especially in newspapers: · Sullivan never misses a chance to slam the tobacco industry.slam somebody for doing something: · Police slammed drivers for ignoring safety warnings. ► pan to strongly criticize something such as a film, play, or a performance by writing about it in a newspaper, talking about it on television etc: · The movie was panned by all the critics. ► tear something to shreds to find a lot of faults in someone's ideas or arguments and criticize them very severely: · After the prosecutor had presented his case, the defence lawyer tore his arguments to shreds. ► pillory if someone is pilloried , they are criticized very strongly and publicly by a lot of people: · Harper was pilloried in the press after his team's sixth consecutive defeat.· Middleton suffered the ultimate humiliation of being pilloried by his colleagues in front of the television cameras. ► do a hatchet job on informal to criticize every part of someone's character or work: · Field did a complete hatchet job on his former colleague at a cabinet meeting last week. ► lay into informal to criticize someone very strongly for something they have done: · The teacher really laid into us this morning -- told us we'd all fail if we didn't start doing some work.lay into about: · You should have heard my wife laying into me about coming home late last night. if someone is pilloried, they are publicly criticized by a lot of people, especially in newspapers etc:  The education secretary was pilloried by the press for his latest proposals.GRAMMAR Pillory is usually passive. pillory1 verbpillory2 noun pillorypillory2 noun (plural pillories) [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINpillory2 Origin: 1200-1300 Old French pilori Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS The gardens contain many trees and a large collection of orchids, as well as old tombstones, Manueline windows and a fifteenth-century pillory. word sets WORD SETS► Jail & punishment borstal, nouncell, nounchain, nounchain gang, nounconcentration camp, nounconcurrent, adjectiveconfinement, nounconvict, nouncorrectional, adjectivecustodial sentence, nouncustody, noundeath row, noundetainee, noundetention, noundetention centre, noundrunk tank, noundungeon, nounfetter, verbfetters, noungaol, gaoler, noungovernor, nounguard, verbgulag, nounhandcuff, verbhandcuffs, nounincarcerate, verbinmate, nouninside, adverbintern, verbinternee, nouninternment, nounjailbreak, nounlabour camp, nounlifer, nounmanacle, nounold lag, nounopen prison, nounoubliette, nounparole, nounparole, verbpen, nounpenal, adjectivepenitentiary, nounpillory, nounpokey, nounpolitical prisoner, nounporridge, nounpreventive detention, nounprison, nounprison camp, nounprisoner, nounprisoner of conscience, nounprisoner of war, nounprison visitor, nounreformatory, nounremand home, nounremission, nounserve, verbshackle, nounshackle, verbsolitary, nounsolitary confinement, nounstretch, nounthumbscrew, nounwarden, nounwarder, nounyardbird, noun a wooden frame with holes for someone’s head and hands to be locked into, used in the past as a way of publicly punishing someone → the stocks at stock1(9)
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