"a whipping boy" 怎么发音
expression
uh WHIP-ing boy
uh WIP-ing boy
释义
A person who is unfairly blamed or punished for the mistakes or problems caused by others.
IPA 音标
美式英语
ˈeɪ/, /ə/ /ˈhwɪpɪŋ/, /ˈwɪpɪŋ/ /ˈbɔɪ
英式英语
æɪ/ /wˈɪpɪŋ/ /bˈɔɪ
简化发音
美式
uh WHIP-ing boy
英式
uh WIP-ing boy
语境中听
He was made a whipping boy for the team's failure.
Sometimes, the youngest sibling is treated as a whipping boy at home.
She didn’t want to be a whipping boy for her boss’s mistakes.
Whenever something goes wrong, Mark ends up as the whipping boy.