scourge
🇺🇸
/skɜːrdʒ/
🇬🇧
/skɜːdʒ/
noun
R
A cause of widespread damage or suffering.
Drought has been a scourge to farmers this year.
干旱今年对农民来说是一场灾难。
R
A whip used for punishment.
The prisoner was punished with a scourge.
囚犯被用鞭子惩罚。
verb
R
To cause someone great suffering or trouble.
The community was scourged by the recent natural disaster.
社区最近遭受了自然灾害的打击。
R
To strike someone with a whip.
The slave was scourged for trying to escape.
那个奴隶因为试图逃跑而被鞭打。
translation
灾祸, 鞭子
折磨, 鞭打
词形变化
3rd Present
scourges
Past
scourged
Perfect
scourged
Progressive
scourging
Plural
scourges