Noun:
a whip used to inflict punishment often used for pedantic humorsomething causing misery or death;the bane of my life
a person who inspires fear or dread;he was the terror of the neighborhood
Verb:
punish severely; excoriatewhip;The religious fanatics flagellated themselves
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly;The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
white scourge一种地方性肺病…world scourge血吸虫病
近义词 rod杆beat打whip鞭子lash鞭子flog鞭打cane手杖cancer癌pest害虫bane祸害curse诅咒waste废物plague瘟疫menace威胁threat威胁terror恐怖ravage毁坏leather皮革torment苦痛thrash打谷blight枯萎病devastate毁坏afflict使苦恼desolate荒凉的flagellate鞭打spank掴屁股lay waste to糟蹋terrorize令人恐怖flagellum生鞭毛tormentor使苦痛之人nemesis不可避免的报应…
名词96%,动词4%
The cruel captain used a scourge on his disobedient sailor.那残忍的船长鞭打不服从命令的水手。
To scourge a man is to beat him with a whip .鞭笞人就是用鞭子抽打他的人。
The old man isscourgedby a guilty conscience.这个老人受到负罪感的折磨。
He wasscourgedby the memory of his misdeeds.他对以往的胡作非为的回忆使得他精神上受惩罚。