英语词汇“wire shirt”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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wire shirt

wire shirt n. a shirt made of wire, used either as an instrument of torture or for self-mortification; cf. hair-shirt n.

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1845 D. P. Kidder Sketches of Resid. & Trav. in Brazil I. v. 88 Any one of his cilices [note Wire-shirts]..was an efficacious remedy against impure thoughts.

1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. III. ix. 231 For the warm arms, were wont enfold thy flesh, Let wire-shirt plough and whip-cord discipline.

1878 J. Payn By Proxy I. xii. 143 The wire shirt; it fits quite closely, you see; you pull it, and the skin comes through, and then a razor is run over the outside.

1994 Woman's Art Jrnl. 15 18/1 She wore a wire shirt underneath her habit and regularly suspended herself on a cross.

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单词	wire shirt
释义	> as lemmas wire shirt wire shirt n. a shirt made of wire, used either as an instrument of torture or for self-mortification; cf. hair-shirt n. ΚΠ 1845 D. P. Kidder Sketches of Resid. & Trav. in Brazil I. v. 88 Any one of his cilices [note Wire-shirts]..was an efficacious remedy against impure thoughts. 1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. III. ix. 231 For the warm arms, were wont enfold thy flesh, Let wire-shirt plough and whip-cord discipline. 1878 J. Payn By Proxy I. xii. 143 The wire shirt; it fits quite closely, you see; you pull it, and the skin comes through, and then a razor is run over the outside. 1994 Woman's Art Jrnl. 15 18/1 She wore a wire shirt underneath her habit and regularly suspended herself on a cross. extracted from wiren.¹ < as lemmas
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