whipping boy

短语

n. 代人受罪者, 代罪羔羊

发音

其它

词形变化

whipping boys 复数

别名

whipping-boy

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A boy who was whipped in the stead of a misbehaving prince in early modern Europe.

    历史

    As the whipping boy, he must take the whippings for the royal heir, Prince Brat.

  2. 2.

    Someone punished for the errors of others.

    替罪羊

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

man scapegoat

词源

First recorded in 1647. It is debated if this type of proxy punishment actually existed, or how widespread it was.

来源：wiktionary