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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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