keelhaul
英 ['ki?lh??l]
美['kil,h?l]
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?keelhauls;過去式:?keelhauled;過去分詞:?keelhauled;現(xiàn)在分詞:?keelhauling;
中文詞源
keelhaul 懲罰，重罰keel,船的龍骨，haul,拉。過去對水手的一種懲罰，把犯了錯誤的水手沿著船的龍骨拉一圈，因船底通常會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，嚴厲斥責。
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.