scourge
- IPA[skərj]
美式
- a whip used as an instrument of punishment.；a person or thing that causes great trouble or suffering
- whip (someone) as a punishment；cause great suffering to
verb: scourge, 3rd person present: scourges, gerund or present participle: scourging, past tense: scourged, past participle: scourged
noun: scourge, plural noun: scourges
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. historical a whip used as an instrument of punishment. 同義詞
- 2. a person or thing that causes great trouble or suffering the scourge of mass unemployment 同義詞 反義詞
動詞
- 1. historical whip (someone) as a punishment our people did scourge him severely 同義詞
- 2. cause great suffering to political methods used to scourge and oppress workers 同義詞
- 更多解釋
- IPA[skəːdʒ]
英式
- a whip used as an instrument of punishment.
- whip (someone) as a punishment: our people did scourge him severely
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