lynch

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第三人称单数: lynches;过去式: lynched;现在分词: lynching;名词: lynching;

1. 凌迟 => 私刑处死。

lynch 用私刑处死

缩写自Lynch law,私刑法。词源有多种版本，其中一个版本是1780年美国弗吉利亚州某小镇治安长官William Lynch,因经常私自拘禁，惩罚，处死犯人而被人所知。

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.: 他们还留下了一张名片，上面印着肖恩·林奇的名字。

2. Despite attempts at resuscitation, Mr Lynch died a week later in hospital.: 虽经全力抢救，但林奇先生一周以后还是在医院去世了。

3. He received praise for the atmospheric monochrome shots in David Lynch's The Elephant Man.: 他在大卫·林奇的电影《象人》中所拍摄的那些渲染气氛的黑白镜头受到了好评。

4. Something approaching a lynch mob has been gathering against the Chancellor for even daring to consider higher interest rates.: 怒不可遏的群众聚集起来，抗议财政大臣胆敢动提高利率的念头。

5. They were about to lynch him when reinforcements from the army burst into the room and rescued him.: 他们正准备动私刑绞死他时，援军闯入房间把他救下了。