Friday, July 21, 2017

Question of the Day #143

"Outgoing ethics chief: ‘We are pretty close to a laughingstock’"
From the headline of this article at the Hill.

上記の文で、laughingstockの意味は?
In the sentence above, what does "laughingstock" mean?

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解答

意味: 英辞郎によると、

物笑いの種、笑い草、笑いもの、冷笑の的

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:
an object of ridicule

Etymology/語源

Online Etymology Dictionaryによると、
1510年頃、whipping-stockまたはwhipping post(「むち打ち柱」(むち打ち刑に処す罪人を縛り付ける柱))の比喩として。

According to Online Etymology Dictionary:

1510s, formed by analogy with whipping-stock "whipping post,"

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