首页英语词典ordealordeal英英释意

ordeal

英[ɔː'diːəl] 美[ɔr'dil]
  • n. 折磨;严酷的考验;痛苦的经验

英英释意


1. a severe or trying experience
2. a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence