ordeal
英 [??'di??l]
美[?r'dil]
- n. 折磨；嚴(yán)酷的考驗(yàn)；痛苦的經(jīng)驗(yàn)
英英釋意
- 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