划地为牢怎么读 划地为牢的意思

huá wéi láo

划地为牢

基本信息

拼音: huá dì wéi láo

注音: ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄉ一ˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄠˊ

解释: 相传上古时,于地上画圈,令犯罪者立圈中,以示惩罚。后以“划地为牢”指限制在一定范围内。

出处: 明·吴承恩《西游记》第五十回:“古人划地为牢,他将棍子划了圈儿,强似划地为牢,假如有虎狼妖兽来时,如何挡得他住?”

例子: ‘张富英这小子,不会跑吧?’‘他敢。’得划地为牢,要不价,跟头年韩长脖似的,蹽大青顶子,也是麻烦。周立波《暴风骤雨》第二部五

用法: 作谓语、宾语;用于处事。

英语: restrict somebody's activities to a designated area or sphere

近义词:

单字解释: [划]的意思 [地]的意思 [为]的意思 [牢]的意思

英语解释

It is said that in ancient times, a circle was drawn on the ground to make the offender stand in the circle as a punishment. Used later to refer to being limited to a certain range.