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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
pillory
pil·lory [pillory pillories pilloried pillorying] verb, noun BrE [ˈpɪləri] NAmE [ˈpɪləri]
verb (pil·lor·ies, pil·lory·ing, pil·lor·ied, pil·lor·ied)often passive ~ sb
to criticize sb strongly in public
•He was regularly pilloried by the press for his radical ideas.
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Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French pilori, probably from Provençal espilori (associated by some with a Catalan word meaning ‘peephole’, of uncertain origin).
noun (pl. pil·lories)
a wooden frame, with holes for the head and hands, which people were locked into in the past as a punishment
compare ↑stocks (9)
Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French pilori, probably from Provençal espilori (associated by some with a Catalan word meaning ‘peephole’, of uncertain origin).
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