英语词汇“lynching”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

lynchlynch /lɪntʃ/ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYlynch

Origin: 1800-1900 William Lynch (1724-1820), U.S. citizen who organized illegal trials in Virginia

VERB TABLE

lynch

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	lynch
	he, she, it	lynches
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	lynched
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have lynched
	he, she, it	has lynched
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had lynched
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will lynch
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have lynched

Continuous Form
Present	I	am lynching
	he, she, it	is lynching
	you, we, they	are lynching
Past	I, he, she, it	was lynching
	you, we, they	were lynching
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been lynching
	he, she, it	has been lynching
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been lynching
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be lynching
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been lynching

if a crowd of people lynches someone, they kill someone by hanging him or her, without a legal trial: One of the city leaders was nearly lynched by the mob. [Origin: 1800–1900 William Lynch (1724–1820), U.S. citizen who organized illegal trials in Virginia]—lynching noun [countable]