ordeal
英 [ɔː'diːəl]
美[ɔr'dil]
- n. 折磨；严酷的考验；痛苦的经验
英英释意
- 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