英语词汇“come rack, come rope”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. An instrument of torture, usually consisting of a frame on which the victim was stretched by turning two rollers fastened at each end to the wrists and ankles. Often used with the. Occasionally in come rack, come rope. Also in extended use.

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society > authority > punishment > torture > instrument or place of torture > [noun] > rack

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Duke of Exeter's daughter1618

1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 24 Your hows shal be byseged al aboute, and ther shal be made to fore it galowes and racke.

a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 129 (MED) He commaundid that he schuld be put on a rakke and there to be extended and drawen out þe body.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cccxij Streight waies was he put vpon the Racke, and examined by torture.

1582 G. Whetstone Heptameron Ciuill Disc. sig. L.iv^v You haue streatched their debates, vpon the rack of vengeaunce.

1583 A. Nowell et al. True Rep. Disput. E. Campion sig. C1^v He..had bene twise on the Racke, and..racking was more grieuous then hanging.

1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1326/2 The chiefe matter..is as yet vnreuealed, and come racke come rope, neuer shall that be discouered.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. v. 3 Euen like a man new haled from the Wrack, So fare my Limbes with long Imprisonment.

1622 J. Webbe Appeale to Truth 9 Setting their tender witts vpon the rack they pull and teare them with Tautologies.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 463 A Pottaro or Racke is..made of three plankes of Timber, the vpmost end whereof is larger then a ful stride; the lower end being narrow.

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xxi. 119 A Man on the Rack, is not at liberty to lay by the Idea of pain, and entertain other Contemplations.

a1711 T. Ken Wks. (1721) IV. 520 Then on the Rack the Saint they stretch, Her Limbs with Screws and Pulleys retch.

1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure II. 195 Louisa lay,..pleas'd to her utmost capacity of being so, with every fibre in those parts, stretch'd almost to breaking, on a rack of joy.

1789 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. vi. 46 Having been determined..not to disclose a fact, although he should be put to the rack, he perseveres in such resolution.

1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. I. iii. 159 The rack seldom stood idle in the Tower for all the latter part of Elizabeth's reign.

1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. III. xviii. 281 The rack which bore the name of the duke of Exeter's daughter.

1912 R. H. Benson (title) Come rack, come rope.

a1963 S. Plath Coll. Poems (1981) 170 A man in black with a Meinkampf look And a love of the rack and the screw.

1992 Fast Forward 20 June 27/2 If anyone dares to stop me, I shall stretch them on the rack, mutilate their hands with the thumb-screws, [etc.].

2006 Associated Press Worldstream (Nexis) 17 Nov. Illegal detainees..awaited torture sessions with racks, electrical prods and other devices.

单词	come rack, come rope
释义	> as lemmas come rack, come rope b. An instrument of torture, usually consisting of a frame on which the victim was stretched by turning two rollers fastened at each end to the wrists and ankles. Often used with the. Occasionally in come rack, come rope. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > torture > instrument or place of torture > [noun] > rack ginc1225 enginea1450 framec1480 rack1481 brake1530 pine banka1535 pine bauk1542 Duke of Exeter's daughter1618 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 24 Your hows shal be byseged al aboute, and ther shal be made to fore it galowes and racke. a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 129 (MED) He commaundid that he schuld be put on a rakke and there to be extended and drawen out þe body. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cccxij Streight waies was he put vpon the Racke, and examined by torture. 1582 G. Whetstone Heptameron Ciuill Disc. sig. L.iv^v You haue streatched their debates, vpon the rack of vengeaunce. 1583 A. Nowell et al. True Rep. Disput. E. Campion sig. C1^v He..had bene twise on the Racke, and..racking was more grieuous then hanging. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1326/2 The chiefe matter..is as yet vnreuealed, and come racke come rope, neuer shall that be discouered. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. v. 3 Euen like a man new haled from the Wrack, So fare my Limbes with long Imprisonment. 1622 J. Webbe Appeale to Truth 9 Setting their tender witts vpon the rack they pull and teare them with Tautologies. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 463 A Pottaro or Racke is..made of three plankes of Timber, the vpmost end whereof is larger then a ful stride; the lower end being narrow. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xxi. 119 A Man on the Rack, is not at liberty to lay by the Idea of pain, and entertain other Contemplations. a1711 T. Ken Wks. (1721) IV. 520 Then on the Rack the Saint they stretch, Her Limbs with Screws and Pulleys retch. 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure II. 195 Louisa lay,..pleas'd to her utmost capacity of being so, with every fibre in those parts, stretch'd almost to breaking, on a rack of joy. 1789 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. vi. 46 Having been determined..not to disclose a fact, although he should be put to the rack, he perseveres in such resolution. 1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. I. iii. 159 The rack seldom stood idle in the Tower for all the latter part of Elizabeth's reign. 1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. III. xviii. 281 The rack which bore the name of the duke of Exeter's daughter. 1912 R. H. Benson (title) Come rack, come rope. a1963 S. Plath Coll. Poems (1981) 170 A man in black with a Meinkampf look And a love of the rack and the screw. 1992 Fast Forward 20 June 27/2 If anyone dares to stop me, I shall stretch them on the rack, mutilate their hands with the thumb-screws, [etc.]. 2006 Associated Press Worldstream (Nexis) 17 Nov. Illegal detainees..awaited torture sessions with racks, electrical prods and other devices. extracted from rackn.³ < as lemmas
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