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词汇 send-to-coventry
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send someone to Coventry


idiomUKold-fashioned
If a group of people sends someone to Coventry, they refuse to speak to that person, usually as a punishment for having done something to upset the group:
When she returned home her mother and father sent her to Coventry.
I was used to being sent to Coventry at school and not having any friends.
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send someone to Coventry


idiomUKold-fashioned
If a group of people send someone to Coventry, they refuse to speak to that person, usually as a punishment for having done something to upset the group.(通常作为惩罚)不理睬(某人),不搭理(某人)
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ostracism
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out of itidiom
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