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,"
Examples
- The team has become the laughingstock of the league.
- The mayor became a laughingstock.
- Unprepared, and a laughingstock because of his handicap, Yarvi is bulliedon every front—even by his mother.
- Would Obama be the laughingstock of the country if his campaign adsfeatured a bubbly jingle?
- The Democrats, on the other hand, started out as a laughingstock.
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