late 13c. (attested in Anglo-Latin from late 12c.), from Old French pilori "pillory" (mid-12c.), related to Medieval Latin pilloria, of uncertain origin, perhaps a diminutive of Latin pila "pillar, stone barrier" (see pillar), but OED finds this proposed derivation "phonologically unsuitable."
pillory (v.)
c. 1600, from pillory (n.). Figurative sense of "expose publicly to ridicule or abuse" is from 1690s. Related: Pilloried.
例文
1. She is pillory in the press for her extravagant parties.
彼女のパーティーは非常に派手で、新聞界は彼女を揶揄している。
2.The world mocks at it and sometimes puts one in the pillory for it.