| 单词 | thumbscrew |
| 释义 | thumbscrew (once / 30463 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY thumbscrew: thumbscrews USAGE EXAMPLESWhile the logistics of practicing medicine may feel like an ever-tightening thumbscrew, the doctor-patient relationship is alive and well, and the prognosis is excellent. New York Times(Jul 13, 2016) It’s a dance they initiate and you willingly join, as opposed to a set of emotional thumbscrews they slap on you every visit. Washington Post(Jul 05, 2016) Nancy Banks-Smith, writing in the Guardian, describes listening to Rob and Helen's story as two-and-a-half years of "slow thumbscrew torture". BBC(Apr 04, 2016) 1 n screw designed to be turned with the thumb and fingers 2Hyper screw a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head n instrument of torture that crushes the thumb Hyper instrument of torture an instrument of punishment designed and used to inflict torture on the condemned person |
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