| 单词 | instrument of torture |
| 释义 | instrument of torture (once / 14071 pages) n WORD FAMILY instrument of torture: instruments of torture USAGE EXAMPLESShe thought it a relic, scrapped after it was depicted as an instrument of torture in the 1975 movie “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) “Everything in the room became an instrument of torture,” she recalled in an interview, demonstrating the shoving motion with her right arm. Washington Post(Dec 15, 2016) Displayed alongside the shackles and instruments of torture are Harriet Tubman’s shawl, Nat Turner’s Bible and freedom papers carried by a former slave. Washington Post(Aug 18, 2016) n an instrument of punishment designed and used to inflict torture on the condemned person Hypo|Hyper boot, iron boot, iron heel, the boot an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg 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 thumbscrewinstrument of torture that crushes the thumb instrument of punishment an instrument designed and used to punish a condemned person |
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