crucifyvt.
英 'kruːsɪfaɪ | 美 'krʊsə'fai
中文vt. 折磨;十字架上钉死;克制
词根词源
crucify (v.)c. 1300, from Old French crucifer (12c., Modern French crucifier), from Vulgar Latin *crucificare, from Late Latin crucifigere "to fasten to a cross," from cruci, dative of Latin crux "cross" (see cross (n.)) + figere "fasten" (see fix (v.)). An ancient mode of capital punishment considered especially ignominious by the Romans. Figurative sense of "to torment" is 1620s. Related: Crucified; crucifying.
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