crucify
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++cru·ci·fy /ˈkruːsɪfaɪ/ verb (crucified, crucifying, crucifies) [transitive] 1. MXKILLto kill someone by fastening them to a cross 把…钉在十字架上处死2. CRITICIZEto criticize someone severely and cruelly for something they have done, especially in public 〔尤指当众〕狠狠批评，严厉指责→ See Verb table
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crucify• If the newspapers find out, you'll be crucified.• One does not need to go to Jerusalem to be crucified.• You speak your mind, and you get crucified for it.• He would be heartbreakingly tender with her body while he crucified her mind and dragged her pride through the mud.• He had been crucified on to the floor and, like the last victim, had been alive when this had occurred.• After all, it crucified our Lord!• So why crucify yourself in public?Origin crucify (1300-1400) Old French crucifier, from Late Latin crucifigere, from Latin crux ( → CROSS2) + figere “to fasten”cru·ci·fy verbChineseSyllable
a cross fastening to kill by to them someone Corpus
crucify
cru‧ci‧fy /ˈkruːsəfaɪ, ˈkruːsɪfaɪ/
verb (past tense and past participle crucified, present participle crucifying, third person singular crucifies) [transitive]
2. to criticize someone severely and cruelly for something they have done, especially in public
cru‧ci‧fy /ˈkruːsəfaɪ, ˈkruːsɪfaɪ/
verb (past tense and past participle crucified, present participle crucifying, third person singular crucifies) [transitive] Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: crucifier, from Late Latin crucifigere, from Latin crux ( ⇨ cross2) + figere 'to fasten'
1. to kill someone by fastening them to a crossLanguage: Old French
Origin: crucifier, from Late Latin crucifigere, from Latin crux ( ⇨ cross2) + figere 'to fasten'
2. to criticize someone severely and cruelly for something they have done, especially in public