| 单词 | whipping post |
| 释义 | whipping post (once / 72069 pages) n WORD FAMILY whipping post: whipping posts USAGE EXAMPLES“Whipping Post” from “At Fillmore East,” McDuffie tells me, is an exemplar of how rock music can borrow from classical principles. Salon(Oct 07, 2016) McQueen’s movie borrowed much from its predecessors: the menacing droop of a willow, a sea of cotton, a whipping post, a tree of scars. The New Yorker(Oct 03, 2016) As they crossed the clearing Kit recoiled at the objects that stood between her and the Meeting House; a pillory, a whipping post and stocks. Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond(1958) n post formerly used in public to which offenders are tied to be whipped Hyper post an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position |
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