pillory

英['piləri]美['piləri]

n. 颈手枷,笑柄
vt. 上颈手枷,使惹人嘲笑

复　数：pillories

同：	[v.] crucify, gibbet, savage

"Meanwhile Hester Prynne was standing beside the scaffold of the pillory, with the scarlet letter still burning on her breast!"
与此同时,海丝特·白兰却站在刑台的旁边,胸前依然灼烧着红字!收藏

a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn

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