scourge 音标拼音: [sk'ɚdʒ]
n . 鞭,苦难的根源,灾祸
vt . 鞭打,痛斥,蹂躏
鞭,苦难的根源,灾祸鞭打,痛斥,蹂躏
scourge n 1 :
a whip used to inflict punishment (
often used for pedantic humor ) [
synonym : {
scourge }, {
flagellum }]
2 :
something causing misery or death ; "
the bane of my life "
[
synonym : {
bane }, {
curse }, {
scourge }, {
nemesis }]
3 :
a person who inspires fear or dread ; "
he was the terror of the neighborhood " [
synonym : {
terror }, {
scourge }, {
threat }]
v 1 :
punish severely ;
excoriate 2 :
whip ; "
The religious fanatics flagellated themselves " [
synonym :
{
flagellate }, {
scourge }]
3 :
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly ; "
The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion " [
synonym : {
lay waste to }, {
waste }, {
devastate }, {
desolate }, {
ravage }, {
scourge }]
Scourge \
Scourge \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Scourged };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Scourging }.] [
From {
Scourge },
n .:
cf .
OF .
escorgier .]
1 .
To whip severely ;
to lash .
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Is it lawful for you to scourge a . . .
Roman ?
--
Acts xxii .
25 .
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2 .
To punish with severity ;
to chastise ;
to afflict ,
as for sins or faults ,
and with the purpose of correction .
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Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth ,
and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth . --
Heb .
xii .
6 .
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3 .
To harass or afflict severely .
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To scourge and impoverish the people . --
Brougham .
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Scourge \
Scourge \,
n . [
F .
escourg ['
e ]
e ,
fr .
L .
excoriata (
sc .
scutica )
a stripped off (
lash or whip ),
fr .
excoriare to strip ,
to skin .
See {
Excoriate }.]
1 .
A lash ;
a strap or cord ;
especially ,
a lash used to inflict pain or punishment ;
an instrument of punishment or discipline ;
a whip .
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Up to coach then goes The observed maid ,
takes both the scourge and reins .
--
Chapman .
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2 .
Hence ,
a means of inflicting punishment ,
vengeance ,
or suffering ;
an infliction of affliction ;
a punishment .
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Sharp scourges of adversity . --
Chaucer .
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What scourge for perjury Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence ?
--
Shak .
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154 Moby Thesaurus words for "
scourge ":
adversity ,
afflict ,
affliction ,
ambulatory plague ,
bane ,
baste ,
bastinado ,
beat ,
belabor ,
belt ,
birch ,
black death ,
black plague ,
blacksnake ,
blister ,
bubonic plague ,
buffet ,
bugbear ,
bullwhack ,
bullwhip ,
burden ,
calamity ,
cane ,
castigate ,
castigation ,
cat ,
cellulocutaneous plague ,
chastening ,
chastise ,
chastisement ,
club ,
condign punishment ,
correction ,
cowhide ,
crop ,
crushing burden ,
cudgel ,
curse ,
cut ,
death ,
defervescing plague ,
depredate ,
desecrate ,
deserts ,
desolate ,
despoil ,
destruction ,
devastate ,
disciplinary measures ,
discipline ,
disease ,
drub ,
epidemic ,
epiphytotic ,
epizootic ,
evil ,
excoriate ,
ferule ,
flagellate ,
flagellum ,
flail ,
flay ,
flog ,
frail ,
fustigate ,
give a whipping ,
give the stick ,
glandular plague ,
grievance ,
harm ,
hemorrhagic plague ,
hide ,
hit ,
horsewhip ,
infliction ,
judgment ,
judicial punishment ,
knout ,
kurbash ,
lace ,
larval plague ,
lash ,
lather ,
lay on ,
misery ,
misfortune ,
murrain ,
nemesis ,
open wound ,
pains ,
pains and punishments ,
pandemia ,
pandemic ,
pay ,
payment ,
penal retribution ,
penalty ,
penology ,
pest ,
pesthole ,
pestilence ,
pillage ,
pistol -
whip ,
plague ,
plague spot ,
pneumonic plague ,
pommel ,
premonitory plague ,
pummel ,
punish ,
punishment ,
punition ,
quirt ,
rawhide ,
razor strap ,
retribution ,
retributive justice ,
running sore ,
sack ,
scarify ,
scathe ,
scorch ,
septicemic plague ,
siderating plague ,
sjambok ,
slash ,
smite ,
spank ,
spoliate ,
strap ,
stripe ,
swinge ,
switch ,
thong ,
thorn ,
thrash ,
thump ,
torment ,
trounce ,
truncheon ,
tuberculosis ,
vexation ,
visitation ,
wallop ,
waste ,
wear out ,
well -
deserved punishment ,
whale ,
what -
for ,
whip ,
whiplash ,
white plague ,
whop ,
woe
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