If a crowd lynches someone, they kill that person themselves — often by hanging — with no court and no judge. The word is heavy.

If a crowd如果一群人 lynches someone私刑處死某人，they他們 kill that person themselves是自己動手殺了那個人 — often by hanging常常是用吊死的方式 — with no court and no judge沒有法院也沒有法官。The word這個字 is heavy很沉重。

In the United States it is tied to a long history of white crowds murdering Black people, and that pain still sits in the word. It is not a casual verb.

In the United States在美國，it它 is tied to a long history of white crowds murdering Black people跟白人群眾殺害黑人的一段漫長歷史有關，and而且 that pain still sits in the word那種傷痛還留在這個字裡。It它 is not a casual verb不是個隨便的動詞。

Though actually, some people now stretch it to mean a fierce public attack online, with no killing at all; many others say that stretch is too loose, because the real word is about a mob taking a life.

Though actually不過事實上，some people有些人 now stretch it to mean a fierce public attack online現在把它延伸來指網路上激烈的公開攻擊，with no killing at all完全沒有殺人；many others很多其他人 say that stretch is too loose說這樣延伸太鬆散了，because因為 the real word這個字真正的意思 is about a mob taking a life是一群人奪走一條人命。

The name comes from “Lynch law” in the early 1800s, probably from a man named Lynch — scholars do not all agree which Lynch. A family name Lynch is a separate everyday fact: many people are simply called Lynch, and that does not mean violence.

The name這個名稱 comes from "Lynch law"來自1800年代初的「Lynch law」 in the early 1800s，probably from a man named Lynch大概是來自一個叫Lynch的人 — scholars學者們 do not all agree which Lynch對是哪個Lynch意見不一。A family name Lynch姓Lynch這個姓氏 is a separate everyday fact是另一件平常的事：many people很多人 are simply called Lynch就只是姓Lynch，and而且 that does not mean violence這不代表暴力。