crucifixion
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 在十字架上钉死的刑罚，酷刑，苦难，折磨
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 crucifixioun
- 源自 ←晚期拉丁语
词源说明
From Middle English crucifixioun, from Late Latin noun of process crucifīxiō, from perfect passive participle crucifīxus (“fixed to a cross”), from crux (“cross”) + fīgō.
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- An execution by being nailed or tied to an upright cross and left to hang there until dead.
- (military, historical, colloquial) The military punishment of being tied to a fixed object, often with the limbs in a stretched position.
- (figuratively) An ordeal, terrible, especially malicious treatment imposed upon someone.