English-Thai Dictionary

scapegoat

N ผู้รับเคราะห์ แทน คนอื่น  dupe sacrifice substitute phu-rab-kor-rai-tan-kon-uen

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SCAPEGOAT

Scape "goat `, n. Etym: [Scape (for escape ) + goat. ]

 

1. (Jewish Antiq.)

 

Defn: A goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was suffered to escape into the wilderness. Lev. xvi. 1 .

 

2. Hence, a person or thing that is made to bear blame for others. Tennyson.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

scapegoat

scape goat |ˈskāpˌgōt ˈskeɪpˌɡoʊt | ▶noun (in the Bible ) a goat sent into the wilderness after the Jewish chief priest had symbolically laid the sins of the people upon it (Lev. 16 ). • a person who is blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults of others, esp. for reasons of expediency. ▶verb [ with obj. ] make a scapegoat of. DERIVATIVES scape goat er noun, scape goat ing noun, scape goat ism |-ˌizəm |noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from archaic scape ‘escape ’ + goat .

 

Oxford Dictionary

scapegoat

scape |goat |ˈskeɪpgəʊt | ▶noun 1 a person who is blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults of others, especially for reasons of expediency. 2 (in the Bible ) a goat sent into the wilderness after the Jewish chief priest had symbolically laid the sins of the people upon it (Lev. 16 ). ▶verb [ with obj. ] make a scapegoat of. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from archaic scape ‘escape ’ + goat .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

scapegoat

scapegoat noun find yourself another scapegoat: whipping boy; informal fall guy, patsy.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

scapegoat

scapegoat noun whipping boy, victim, Aunt Sally; N. Amer. goat; informal fall guy; N. Amer. informal patsy.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

scapegoat

sc á pe g ò at 名詞 C 1 «…の » 身代り, 罪を負わされた人 «for » ▸ make him a scapegoat for what has happened 起こったことの責任を彼に負わせる .2 〘聖書 〙贖罪 （しよくざい ）のヤギ 〘古代ユダヤでは贖罪の日にヤギに人々の罪を負わせ, 野に放った 〙.動詞 他動詞 (罪 責任を )…に (不当に )負わせる .