scourge /ˈskɝʤ ||ˈskorʤ, ˈskɔrʤ, ˈskʊrʤ/
鞭,苦難的根源,災禍(vt.)鞭打,痛斥,蹂躪
Scourge n.
1. A lash; a strap or cord; especially, a lash used to inflict pain or punishment; an instrument of punishment or discipline; a whip.
Up to coach then goes
The observed maid, takes both the scourge and reins. --Chapman.
2. Hence, a means of inflicting punishment, vengeance, or suffering; an infliction of affliction; a punishment.
Sharp scourges of adversity. --Chaucer.
What scourge for perjury
Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence? --Shak.
Scourge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scourged p. pr. & vb. n. Scourging ]
1. To whip severely; to lash.
Is it lawful for you to scourge a . . . Roman? --Acts xxii. 25.
2. To punish with severity; to chastise; to afflict, as for sins or faults, and with the purpose of correction.
Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. --Heb. xii. 6.
3. To harass or afflict severely.
To scourge and impoverish the people. --Brougham.
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scourge
n 1: a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic
humor) [syn: flagellum]
2: something causes misery or death; "the bane of my life"
[syn: bane, curse, nemesis]
3: a person who inspires fear or dread; "he was the terror of
the neighborhood" [syn: terror, threat]
v 1: punish severely; excoriate
2: whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves" [syn:
flagellate]
3: devastate or ravage; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside
after the invasion" [syn: lay waste to, waste, devastate,
desolate, ravage]