lynch: [19] This verb for ‘punishing someone without an official trial’ owes its existence to one William Lynch, a planter and justice of the peace of Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA, who at the beginning of the 19th century took it upon himself to set up unofficial tribunals to try suspects. His rough and ready method of administering justice was termed Lynch’s law, later lynch law, and the verb followed in the 1830s.
lynch (v.)
1835, from earlier Lynch law (1811), likely named after William Lynch (1742-1820) of Pittsylvania, Virginia, who c. 1780 led a vigilance committee to keep order there during the Revolution. Other sources trace the name to Charles Lynch (1736-1796) a Virginia magistrate who fined and imprisoned Tories in his district c. 1782, but the connection to him is less likely. Originally any sort of summary justice, especially by flogging; narrowing of focus to "extralegal execution by hanging" is 20c. Lynch mob is attested from 1838. The surname is perhaps from Irish Loingseach "sailor." Compare earlier Lydford law, from a place in Dartmoor, England, "where was held a Stannaries Court of summary jurisdiction" [Weekley], hence:
Lydford law: is to hang men first, and indite them afterwards. [Thomas Blount, "Glossographia," 1656]
Related: Lynched; lynching.
中文解释
1. 凌迟 => 私刑处死。
实用例句
1. They also left a card, imprinted with the name Sean Lynch.
他们还留下了一张名片，上面印着肖恩·林奇的名字。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Despite attempts at resuscitation, Mr Lynch died a week later in hospital.
虽经全力抢救，但林奇先生一周以后还是在医院去世了。
来自柯林斯例句
3. He received praise for the atmospheric monochrome shots in David Lynch's The Elephant Man.
他在大卫·林奇的电影《象人》中所拍摄的那些渲染气氛的黑白镜头受到了好评。
来自柯林斯例句
4. Something approaching a lynch mob has been gathering against the Chancellor for even daring to consider higher interest rates.
怒不可遏的群众聚集起来，抗议财政大臣胆敢动提高利率的念头。
来自柯林斯例句
5. They were about to lynch him when reinforcements from the army burst into the room and rescued him.