lynch

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第三人稱單數(shù):?lynches;過去式:?lynched;現(xiàn)在分詞:?lynching;名詞:?lynching;

1. 凌遲 => 私刑處死。

lynch 用私刑處死

縮寫自Lynch law,私刑法。詞源有多種版本，其中一個(gè)版本是1780年美國弗吉利亞州某小鎮(zhèn)治安長官William Lynch,因經(jīng)常私自拘禁，懲罰，處死犯人而被人所知。

lynch: lynch: [19] This verb for ‘punishing someone without an official trial’ owes its existence to one William Lynch, a planter and justice of the peace of Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA, who at the beginning of the 19th century took it upon himself to set up unofficial tribunals to try suspects. His rough and ready method of administering justice was termed Lynch’s law, later lynch law, and the verb followed in the 1830s.
lynch (v.): 1835, from earlier Lynch law (1811), likely named after William Lynch (1742-1820) of Pittsylvania, Virginia, who c. 1780 led a vigilance committee to keep order there during the Revolution. Other sources trace the name to Charles Lynch (1736-1796) a Virginia magistrate who fined and imprisoned Tories in his district c. 1782, but the connection to him is less likely. Originally any sort of summary justice, especially by flogging; narrowing of focus to "extralegal execution by hanging" is 20c. Lynch mob is attested from 1838. The surname is perhaps from Irish Loingseach "sailor." Compare earlier Lydford law, from a place in Dartmoor, England, "where was held a Stannaries Court of summary jurisdiction" [Weekley], hence:
Lydford law: is to hang men first, and indite them afterwards. [Thomas Blount, "Glossographia," 1656]
Related: Lynched; lynching.

1. They also left a card, imprinted with the name Sean Lynch.: 他們還留下了一張名片，上面印著肖恩·林奇的名字。

2. Despite attempts at resuscitation, Mr Lynch died a week later in hospital.: 雖經(jīng)全力搶救，但林奇先生一周以后還是在醫(yī)院去世了。

3. He received praise for the atmospheric monochrome shots in David Lynch's The Elephant Man.: 他在大衛(wèi)·林奇的電影《象人》中所拍攝的那些渲染氣氛的黑白鏡頭受到了好評。

4. Something approaching a lynch mob has been gathering against the Chancellor for even daring to consider higher interest rates.: 怒不可遏的群眾聚集起來，抗議財(cái)政大臣膽敢動(dòng)提高利率的念頭。

5. They were about to lynch him when reinforcements from the army burst into the room and rescued him.: 他們正準(zhǔn)備動(dòng)私刑絞死他時(shí)，援軍闖入房間把他救下了。