keelhaul
英 ['ki?lh??l]
美['kil,h?l]
- vt. 嚴(yán)責(zé);使爬進(jìn)船底
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?keelhauls;過(guò)去式:?keelhauled;過(guò)去分詞:?keelhauled;現(xiàn)在分詞:?keelhauling;
中文詞源
keelhaul 懲罰,重罰
keel,船的龍骨,haul,拉。過(guò)去對(duì)水手的一種懲罰,把犯了錯(cuò)誤的水手沿著船的龍骨拉一圈,因船底通常會(huì)寄生有各種各樣的海洋生物及貝類,常常非常鋒利,遭受這種懲罰的水手輕則遍體鱗傷,重傷缺胳膊斷腿。引申詞義懲罰,重罰,嚴(yán)厲斥責(zé)。
英文詞源
- keelhaul (v.)
- 1660s (the experience itself is described from 1620s), from Dutch kielhalen, literally "to haul under the keel," an old punishment. See keel (n.) + haul (v.). Related: Keelhauled. German kielholen, Danish kj?lhale, Swedish k?lhala also are from Dutch.