| 单词 | instrument of punishment |
| 释义 | instrument of punishment (once / 84424 pages) n WORD FAMILY instrument of punishment: instruments of punishment USAGE EXAMPLES“We trusted the wall,” Molden said, to serve as a symbol and an instrument of punishment. New York Times(Mar 26, 2015) The instrument of punishment is an electrical cable. BBC(Jul 02, 2013) In some cases, though, the divorce petition is used as an “instrument of punishment,” Mr. Chamberlayne said. New York Times(Apr 07, 2012) n an instrument designed and used to punish a condemned person Hypo|Hyper cangue an instrument of punishment formerly used in China for petty criminals; consists of a heavy wooden collar enclosing the neck and arms cucking stool, ducking stoolan instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which offenders were ducked in water instrument of torturean instrument of punishment designed and used to inflict torture on the condemned person paddlean instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board pillorya wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn stocksa former instrument of punishment consisting of a heavy timber frame with holes in which the feet (and sometimes the hands) of an offender could be locked switcha flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment birch, birch roda switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment boot, iron boot, iron heel, the bootan instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg canea stiff switch used to hit students as punishment ferulea switch (a stick or cane or flat paddle) used to punish children iron maideninstrument of torture consisting of a hollow iron frame shaped like the human body and lined with spikes to impale the victim rack, wheelan instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims ratan, rattana switch made from the stems of the rattan palms thumbscrewinstrument of torture that crushes the thumb instrument a device that requires skill for proper use |
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