| 单词 | thumbscrew |
| 释义 | thumbscrew /thum"skrooh'/, n. 1. a screw, the head of which is so constructed that it may be turned easily with the thumb and a finger. 2. Often, thumbscrews. an old instrument of torture by which one or both thumbs were compressed. [1705-15; THUMB + SCREW] |
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