get medieval

短语

发音

UK /ˌɡɛt ˌmɛd.iˈiː.vəl/
US /ˌɡɛt mɪdˈi.vəl/

词形变化

gets medieval 三单 gets medieval getting medieval got medieval gotten medieval getting medieval 现在分词 got medieval 过去式 gotten medieval 过去式 gotten medieval 过去分词 got medieval 过去分词

别名

go medieval

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To become sadistically torturous, especially due to vengeful spite.

    美国 非正式 不及物

词源

From get (“to become”) + medieval (“relating to medieval dungeon torture methods”); originally merely collocational when attested in the dialogue of the 1994 film Pulp Fiction, but the collocation took on the function of a phrasal verb, entering the lexicon as a term for torturing severely, after it went viral as a consequence of the film's popularity.

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