Người (vật) trừng phạt, người phê bình nghiêm khắc

Tai hoạ ( (nghĩa đen) & (nghĩa bóng))

the scourge of war

tai hoạ chiến tranh

the white scourge

bệnh ho lao

Cái roi

Trừng phạt; áp bức, làm đau khổ, quấy rầy

Đánh bằng roi

Curse, misfortune, bane, evil, affliction, plague,adversity, torment, misery, woe: He questions whether AIDSshould be considered the scourge of the 20th century. Was itAttila who proved himself the scourge of Rome? 2 whip, lash,cat-o-nine-tails, knout, quirt, horsewhip, bull-whip: They sawfit to punish themselves with scourges.

V.

Whip, flog, beat, lash, horsewhip, whale, belt,flagellate: Some medieval sects scourged themselves as theywent in procession through the cities. 4 punish, castigate,chastise, discipline, afflict, torment: In the old days,students were scourged if they made a mistake.

N.

A whip used for punishment, esp. of people.

A person or thing seen as punishing, esp. on a large scale (thescourge of famine; Genghis Khan, the scourge of Asia).

V.tr.1 whip.

Punish; afflict; oppress.

Scourger n. [ME f. OFescorge (n.), escorgier (v.) (ult. as EX-(1), L corrigia thong,whip)]