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单词 cat-o'-nine-tails
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cat-o'-nine-tailsnoun [ S ]

uk/ˌkæt.əˈnaɪn.teɪlz/us/ˌkæt̬.əˈnaɪn.teɪlz/informal cat

a whip (= a long, thin device for hitting) made from rope that has nine ends, that was used especially in the past for hitting people to punish them

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Punishing by causing pain

  • birch
  • cane
  • corporal punishment
  • flagellate
  • flay
  • flog
  • kneecap
  • lash
  • lynch
  • lynch law
  • mortification
  • mortification of the flesh idiom
  • rack
  • screw
  • stone
  • tar
  • treadmill
  • walloping
  • whip
  • whipping

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