英语词汇“punishment”的读音、翻译、释义、用法及例句-青年旅行网

IDIOMSLANG

PUNISHMENT

burn someone at the stake

to set fire to a person tied to a post (as a form of execution).

They used to burn witches at the stake.Look, officer, I only ran a stop sign. What are you going to do, burn me at the stake?

catch it

to get into trouble and receive punishment. (Informal.)

I know I’m going to catch it when I get home.Bob hit Billy in the face. He really caught it from the teacher.

fix someone's wagon

to punish someone; to get even with someone; to plot against someone. (Informal.)

If you ever do that again, III fix your wagon!Tommy! You clean up your room this instant, or III fix your wagon!He reported me to the boss, but I fixed his wagon. I knocked his lunch on the floor.

get a licking and take a licking

to get a spanking; to get beat in a fight. (Folksy.)

Billy, you had better get in here if you don’t want to get a licking.Bob took a real licking in the stock market.Tom took a licking in the fight he was in.

get a shellacking and take a shellacking

to be beaten—as in sports. (Slang.)

Our team played well, but got a shellacking anyway.I practiced my tennis game so I wouldn't take a shellacking in the tournament.

get it

to receive punishment.

Bill broke the window, and he's really going to get it.John got it for arriving late at school.

get it in the neck

to receive something bad, such as punishment or criticism. (Slang.)

I don't know why I should get it in the neck. I didn't break the window.Bill got it in the neck for being late.

get one's knuckles rapped

to receive punishment.

I got my knuckles rapped for whispering too much.You will have your knuckles rapped if you are not careful.

have someone's hide

to punish someone. (Slang. Refers to skinning an animal.)

If you ever do that again, I'll have your hide.He said he'd have my hide if I entered his garage again.

in for it

due to receive punishment.

I hope I'm not in for it because I am late.Tommy, you broke my baseball bat. You're really in for it!

pay for something

to be punished for something.

The criminal will pay for his crimes.I don't like what you did to me, and I'm going to see that you pay for it.

pay one's debt (to society)

to serve a sentence for a crime, usually in prison.

The judge said that Mr. Simpson had to pay his debt to society.Mr. Brown paid his debt in state prison.

send someone up the river

to send someone to prison. (Slang.)

The judge sent Bill up the river for ten years.The same judge sent him up the river the last time.

stew in one's own juice

to be left alone to suffer one's anger or disappointment. (Informal.)

John has such a terrible temper. When he got mad at us, we just let him go away and stew in his own juice.After John stewed in his own juice for a while, he decided to come back and apologize to us.

tan someone's hide

to spank someone. (Folksy.)

Billy's mother said she'd tan Billy's hide if he ever did that again."III tan your hide if you're late!" said Tom's father.

tar and feather someone

to chastise someone severely. (Fixed order.)

They threatened to tar and feather me if I ever came back into their town.I don't believe that they'd really tar and feather me, but they could be very unpleasant.

walk the plank

to suffer punishment at the hand of someone. (From the image of pirates making their blindfolded captives commit suicide by walking off the end of a plank jutting out over the open sea.)

Fred may think he can make the members of my department walk the plank, but we will fight back.Tom thought he could make John walk the plank, but John fought back.

PUNISHMENT - LIGHT

get a slap on the wrist

to get a light punishment (for doing something wrong).

He created quite a disturbance, but he only got a slap on the wrist.I thought I'd get a slap on the wrist for speeding, but I got fined $200.She had a slap on the wrist about that before.

get off easy and get off lightly

to receive very little punishment (for doing something wrong).

It was a serious crime, but Mary got off easy.Billy's punishment was very light. Considering what he did, he got off lightly.

give someone a slap on the wrist and slap someone on the wrist; slap someone's wrist

to give someone a light punishment (for doing something wrong).

The judge gave her a slap on the wrist for speeding.The judge should have done more than slap her wrist.They should do more than just slap his wrist.

rap someone's knuckles

to punish someone slightly.

She rapped his knuckles for whispering too much.Don't rap my knuckles. I didn't do it.

behind bars

mod. in jail; in prison.

You belong behind bars, you creep!I've got something here that will keep you behind bars for years.

bit

n. a jail sentence. (Underworld.)

I did a two-year bit in Sing Sing.He got only a four-year bit. He was afraid of getting worse.

boxed (up)

mod. in jail.

I did it, and I was boxed for a long time for it. Now lay off!Pat was boxed up for two days till we got bond money.

burn

tr. to execute someone in the electric chair. (Underworld.)

I'll see that they burn you for this!The DA tried to burn me, but I got off with six months.

in. to die by electrocution in the electric chair. (Underworld.)

I ain't afraid I'll burn, copper!I'll see that you burn for this.

campus

tr. to restrict someone to the grounds of a college campus. (Collegiate.)

The dean threatened to campus the entire fraternity for a month.“We will campus you for a year, if necessary,” shouted the dean, who really didn't understand young people.

campused

mod. restricted to the campus. (Collegiate.)

I can't go to town. I'm campused.She's campused and can only go to the library.

chair

n. the electric chair, as used in the execution of the death penalty. (Underworld. Always with the.)

You'll fry in the chair for this, Lefty!I don't wanna go to the chair!

clip someone's wings

tr. to restrain someone; to reduce or put an end to a teenager's privileges.

One more stunt like that and I'm going to clip your wings for a couple of weeks.Her father clipped her wings for getting into trouble with the cops.

deuce

n. a two-year prison sentence. (Underworld.)

Lefty served a deuce up the river.The DA made sure that Bruno got more than a deuce.

do time

tr. to serve a sentence in prison; to serve a specific amount of time in prison. (Underworld.)

Lefty had done time on a number of occasions.You'd better talk and talk fast if you don't want to do time.

federal jug

n. a federal prison. (Underworld.)

Rocko was set to spend the next twenty years in the federal jug.Lefty is fresh and sweet—just out of the federal jug.

fry

in. to die in the electric chair. (Underworld.)

The DA is determined that you will fry.I don't want to fry!

tr. to execute someone in the electric chair. (Underworld.)

They're gonna fry you for this.Nobody's gonna fry Rocko!

get it

tr. to get punished.

I just know I'm going to get it when I get home.You're going to get it all right!

get it in the neck

tr. to receive something bad, such as punishment or criticism.

You are going to get it in the neck for that remark.Jimmy was afraid he'd get it in the neck for being late.

get one's lumps

tr. to get the result or punishment one deserves.

If she keeps acting that way, she'll get her lumps.We will see that Dave gets his lumps.

grounded

mod. confined to one's home. (The standard punishment for a teenager.)

Tracy is grounded for a week because she came in late.You are grounded, and I don't want to hear aother word about it!

hard time

n. a prison sentence. (Underworld.)

Lefty did hard time for his part in the robbery.How much hard time does he have behind him?

heads will roll

phr. “someone will be punished.”

When I find out who did this, heads will roll.Heads will roll when I get back to the office.

hot seat

n. the electric chair. (Underworld.)

Lefty, you're headed for the hot seat.The hot seat is just waiting for you, Lefty.

pay one's dues (to society)

tr. to serve a prison or jail sentence.

I served ten years in prison. I've paid my dues to society. The matter is settled.I took my medicine and paid my dues. Stop trying to punish me more.

put someone away

tr. to put someone in prison for a long time. (Underworld.)

They put Max away for fifteen years.The judge put away the whole gang.

rub someone's nose in something

tr. to remind someone of something constantly; to make a big issue about someone's mistake. (From the practice of training a puppy by rubbing its nose in the messes it makes.)

So I made a mistake! I wish you'd stop rubbing my nose in it.Rubbing my nose in it is not going to correct the mistake.

send someone up the river

tr. to send someone to prison. (Underworld. As done by a judge or indirectly by the police.)

They tried to send me up the river, but my lip got me off.I'm gonna send you up the river if it's the last thing I do.

slap someone's wrist and slap someone on the wrist

tr. to administer a minor reprimand.

The judge only slapped her wrist.The courts only slap them on the wrist and send them back out on the streets.

stretch

in. to hang (as with a death sentence).

You will stretch for this, Lefty!I'll live to see you stretch, you rat!

n. a prison term.

I was away for a stretch of about seven years.That's quite a stretch for tax evasion.

throw the book at someone

tr. [for the police] to charge someone with everything possible; [for a judge] to find someone guilty of everything possible. (As if one were being charged with violating all the laws in a law book.)

The judge wanted to throw the book at Bruno, but the prosecutor convinced him to go easy in hope that Bruno would lead them to Mr. Big.They threw the book at Rocko—he got 180 years.

trip

n. a prison sentence; a trip up the river. (Underworld.)

Yeah, me and Lefty both was on a little trip for a few years.I had a short trip, so what?

up the river

mod. in prison. (Underworld.)

Gary was up the river for a couple of years, but that doesn't make him a criminal, does it?The judge who sent him up the river was indicted for accepting bribery. If Gary had only known sooner!

vacation

n. a prison sentence. (Underworld.)

I had a little vacation upstate for a while.It was a three-year vacation, with time off for good behavior.

whale the tar out of someone

tr. to spank or beat someone. (Sometimes said to a child.)

My father threatened to whale the tar out of me.I'll whale the tar out of you when we get home if you don't settle down.

a glutton for punishment

A person who continues to do things whose consequences they find difficult or unpleasant. I couldn't wait to finish college, but I soon found myself in grad school. I must be a glutton for punishment. Why does George keep getting detention? Is he a glutton for punishment?

glutton for punishment

Fig. someone who is eager for a burden or some sort of difficulty; someone willing to accept a difficult task. Tom works too hard. He is a glutton for punishment. I enjoy managing difficult projects, but I am a glutton for punishment.

glutton for punishment

Someone who habitually takes on burdensome or unpleasant tasks or unreasonable amounts of work. For example, Rose agreed to organize the church fair for the third year in a row-she's a glutton for punishment . This expression originated as a glutton for work in the late 1800s, punishment being substituted about a century later.

a glutton for punishment

If someone is a glutton for punishment, they keep on doing something which most people would find unpleasant or difficult. As well as the early starts riding and late nights working, this glutton for punishment is also studying for a degree. I know it's a big job to take on, but then I've always been a glutton for punishment. Note: A glutton is a greedy person.

a glutton for punishment

a person who is always eager to undertake hard or unpleasant tasks.

Glutton of — was used figuratively from the early 18th century for someone inordinately fond of the thing specified, especially when translating the Latin phrase helluo librorum ‘a glutton of books’. The possible origin of the present phrase is in early 19th-century sporting slang.

a ˌglutton for ˈpunishment, ˈwork, etc.

(informal) a person who seems to like doing unpleasant or difficult things: You’re going to drive all the way to London and back in a day? You’re a glutton for punishment, aren’t you?She’s a glutton for work. She stays late every evening.

A glutton is a person who is too fond of food. In this idiom, it refers to a person who seems to be very fond of the thing mentioned.

glutton for punishment, a

A masochist, a person who seeks out odious or onerous tasks, or habitually takes on more than is reasonable. The earliest version of this term was a glutton for work and dates from the latter part of the nineteenth century. It was used by Kipling in his story A Day’s Work (1895): “He’s honest, and a glutton for work.” Whether work is viewed as punishment or not is clearly up to the viewer. The OED, which cites a glutton for punishment only in 1971, makes no such judgment.

词汇	punishment
释义	IDIOMSLANG PUNISHMENT burn someone at the stake to set fire to a person tied to a post (as a form of execution). They used to burn witches at the stake.Look, officer, I only ran a stop sign. What are you going to do, burn me at the stake? catch it to get into trouble and receive punishment. (Informal.) I know I’m going to catch it when I get home.Bob hit Billy in the face. He really caught it from the teacher. fix someone's wagon to punish someone; to get even with someone; to plot against someone. (Informal.) If you ever do that again, III fix your wagon!Tommy! You clean up your room this instant, or III fix your wagon!He reported me to the boss, but I fixed his wagon. I knocked his lunch on the floor. get a licking and take a licking to get a spanking; to get beat in a fight. (Folksy.) Billy, you had better get in here if you don’t want to get a licking.Bob took a real licking in the stock market.Tom took a licking in the fight he was in. get a shellacking and take a shellacking to be beaten—as in sports. (Slang.) Our team played well, but got a shellacking anyway.I practiced my tennis game so I wouldn't take a shellacking in the tournament. get it to receive punishment. Bill broke the window, and he's really going to get it.John got it for arriving late at school. get it in the neck to receive something bad, such as punishment or criticism. (Slang.) I don't know why I should get it in the neck. I didn't break the window.Bill got it in the neck for being late. get one's knuckles rapped to receive punishment. I got my knuckles rapped for whispering too much.You will have your knuckles rapped if you are not careful. have someone's hide to punish someone. (Slang. Refers to skinning an animal.) If you ever do that again, I'll have your hide.He said he'd have my hide if I entered his garage again. in for it due to receive punishment. I hope I'm not in for it because I am late.Tommy, you broke my baseball bat. You're really in for it! pay for something to be punished for something. The criminal will pay for his crimes.I don't like what you did to me, and I'm going to see that you pay for it. pay one's debt (to society) to serve a sentence for a crime, usually in prison. The judge said that Mr. Simpson had to pay his debt to society.Mr. Brown paid his debt in state prison. send someone up the river to send someone to prison. (Slang.) The judge sent Bill up the river for ten years.The same judge sent him up the river the last time. stew in one's own juice to be left alone to suffer one's anger or disappointment. (Informal.) John has such a terrible temper. When he got mad at us, we just let him go away and stew in his own juice.After John stewed in his own juice for a while, he decided to come back and apologize to us. tan someone's hide to spank someone. (Folksy.) Billy's mother said she'd tan Billy's hide if he ever did that again."III tan your hide if you're late!" said Tom's father. tar and feather someone to chastise someone severely. (Fixed order.) They threatened to tar and feather me if I ever came back into their town.I don't believe that they'd really tar and feather me, but they could be very unpleasant. walk the plank to suffer punishment at the hand of someone. (From the image of pirates making their blindfolded captives commit suicide by walking off the end of a plank jutting out over the open sea.) Fred may think he can make the members of my department walk the plank, but we will fight back.Tom thought he could make John walk the plank, but John fought back. PUNISHMENT - LIGHT get a slap on the wrist to get a light punishment (for doing something wrong). He created quite a disturbance, but he only got a slap on the wrist.I thought I'd get a slap on the wrist for speeding, but I got fined $200.She had a slap on the wrist about that before. get off easy and get off lightly to receive very little punishment (for doing something wrong). It was a serious crime, but Mary got off easy.Billy's punishment was very light. Considering what he did, he got off lightly. give someone a slap on the wrist and slap someone on the wrist; slap someone's wrist to give someone a light punishment (for doing something wrong). The judge gave her a slap on the wrist for speeding.The judge should have done more than slap her wrist.They should do more than just slap his wrist. rap someone's knuckles to punish someone slightly. She rapped his knuckles for whispering too much.Don't rap my knuckles. I didn't do it. behind bars mod. in jail; in prison. You belong behind bars, you creep!I've got something here that will keep you behind bars for years. bit n. a jail sentence. (Underworld.) I did a two-year bit in Sing Sing.He got only a four-year bit. He was afraid of getting worse. boxed (up) mod. in jail. I did it, and I was boxed for a long time for it. Now lay off!Pat was boxed up for two days till we got bond money. burn 1. tr. to execute someone in the electric chair. (Underworld.) I'll see that they burn you for this!The DA tried to burn me, but I got off with six months. 2. in. to die by electrocution in the electric chair. (Underworld.) I ain't afraid I'll burn, copper!I'll see that you burn for this. campus tr. to restrict someone to the grounds of a college campus. (Collegiate.) The dean threatened to campus the entire fraternity for a month.“We will campus you for a year, if necessary,” shouted the dean, who really didn't understand young people. campused mod. restricted to the campus. (Collegiate.) I can't go to town. I'm campused.She's campused and can only go to the library. chair n. the electric chair, as used in the execution of the death penalty. (Underworld. Always with the.) You'll fry in the chair for this, Lefty!I don't wanna go to the chair! clip someone's wings tr. to restrain someone; to reduce or put an end to a teenager's privileges. One more stunt like that and I'm going to clip your wings for a couple of weeks.Her father clipped her wings for getting into trouble with the cops. deuce n. a two-year prison sentence. (Underworld.) Lefty served a deuce up the river.The DA made sure that Bruno got more than a deuce. do time tr. to serve a sentence in prison; to serve a specific amount of time in prison. (Underworld.) Lefty had done time on a number of occasions.You'd better talk and talk fast if you don't want to do time. federal jug n. a federal prison. (Underworld.) Rocko was set to spend the next twenty years in the federal jug.Lefty is fresh and sweet—just out of the federal jug. fry 1. in. to die in the electric chair. (Underworld.) The DA is determined that you will fry.I don't want to fry! 2. tr. to execute someone in the electric chair. (Underworld.) They're gonna fry you for this.Nobody's gonna fry Rocko! get it tr. to get punished. I just know I'm going to get it when I get home.You're going to get it all right! get it in the neck tr. to receive something bad, such as punishment or criticism. You are going to get it in the neck for that remark.Jimmy was afraid he'd get it in the neck for being late. get one's lumps tr. to get the result or punishment one deserves. If she keeps acting that way, she'll get her lumps.We will see that Dave gets his lumps. grounded mod. confined to one's home. (The standard punishment for a teenager.) Tracy is grounded for a week because she came in late.You are grounded, and I don't want to hear aother word about it! hard time n. a prison sentence. (Underworld.) Lefty did hard time for his part in the robbery.How much hard time does he have behind him? heads will roll phr. “someone will be punished.” When I find out who did this, heads will roll.Heads will roll when I get back to the office. hot seat n. the electric chair. (Underworld.) Lefty, you're headed for the hot seat.The hot seat is just waiting for you, Lefty. pay one's dues (to society) tr. to serve a prison or jail sentence. I served ten years in prison. I've paid my dues to society. The matter is settled.I took my medicine and paid my dues. Stop trying to punish me more. put someone away tr. to put someone in prison for a long time. (Underworld.) They put Max away for fifteen years.The judge put away the whole gang. rub someone's nose in something tr. to remind someone of something constantly; to make a big issue about someone's mistake. (From the practice of training a puppy by rubbing its nose in the messes it makes.) So I made a mistake! I wish you'd stop rubbing my nose in it.Rubbing my nose in it is not going to correct the mistake. send someone up the river tr. to send someone to prison. (Underworld. As done by a judge or indirectly by the police.) They tried to send me up the river, but my lip got me off.I'm gonna send you up the river if it's the last thing I do. slap someone's wrist and slap someone on the wrist tr. to administer a minor reprimand. The judge only slapped her wrist.The courts only slap them on the wrist and send them back out on the streets. stretch 1. in. to hang (as with a death sentence). You will stretch for this, Lefty!I'll live to see you stretch, you rat! 2. n. a prison term. I was away for a stretch of about seven years.That's quite a stretch for tax evasion. throw the book at someone tr. [for the police] to charge someone with everything possible; [for a judge] to find someone guilty of everything possible. (As if one were being charged with violating all the laws in a law book.) The judge wanted to throw the book at Bruno, but the prosecutor convinced him to go easy in hope that Bruno would lead them to Mr. Big.They threw the book at Rocko—he got 180 years. trip n. a prison sentence; a trip up the river. (Underworld.) Yeah, me and Lefty both was on a little trip for a few years.I had a short trip, so what? up the river mod. in prison. (Underworld.) Gary was up the river for a couple of years, but that doesn't make him a criminal, does it?The judge who sent him up the river was indicted for accepting bribery. If Gary had only known sooner! vacation n. a prison sentence. (Underworld.) I had a little vacation upstate for a while.It was a three-year vacation, with time off for good behavior. whale the tar out of someone tr. to spank or beat someone. (Sometimes said to a child.) My father threatened to whale the tar out of me.I'll whale the tar out of you when we get home if you don't settle down. punishment noun severe handling; pain, misery UK, 1811.► put to the punishmentin horse racing, to use any physicality such as whipping or kicking to an extreme degree US, 1951 a glutton for punishment A person who continues to do things whose consequences they find difficult or unpleasant. I couldn't wait to finish college, but I soon found myself in grad school. I must be a glutton for punishment. Why does George keep getting detention? Is he a glutton for punishment? glutton for punishment Fig. someone who is eager for a burden or some sort of difficulty; someone willing to accept a difficult task. Tom works too hard. He is a glutton for punishment. I enjoy managing difficult projects, but I am a glutton for punishment. glutton for punishment Someone who habitually takes on burdensome or unpleasant tasks or unreasonable amounts of work. For example, Rose agreed to organize the church fair for the third year in a row-she's a glutton for punishment . This expression originated as a glutton for work in the late 1800s, punishment being substituted about a century later. a glutton for punishment If someone is a glutton for punishment, they keep on doing something which most people would find unpleasant or difficult. As well as the early starts riding and late nights working, this glutton for punishment is also studying for a degree. I know it's a big job to take on, but then I've always been a glutton for punishment. Note: A glutton is a greedy person. a glutton for punishment a person who is always eager to undertake hard or unpleasant tasks. Glutton of — was used figuratively from the early 18th century for someone inordinately fond of the thing specified, especially when translating the Latin phrase helluo librorum ‘a glutton of books’. The possible origin of the present phrase is in early 19th-century sporting slang. a ˌglutton for ˈpunishment, ˈwork, etc. (informal) a person who seems to like doing unpleasant or difficult things: You’re going to drive all the way to London and back in a day? You’re a glutton for punishment, aren’t you?She’s a glutton for work. She stays late every evening. A glutton is a person who is too fond of food. In this idiom, it refers to a person who seems to be very fond of the thing mentioned. glutton for punishment, a A masochist, a person who seeks out odious or onerous tasks, or habitually takes on more than is reasonable. The earliest version of this term was a glutton for work and dates from the latter part of the nineteenth century. It was used by Kipling in his story A Day’s Work (1895): “He’s honest, and a glutton for work.” Whether work is viewed as punishment or not is clearly up to the viewer. The OED, which cites a glutton for punishment only in 1971, makes no such judgment.
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