thumbscrews

[美國]/'θʌmskruː/
[英國]/'θʌmskru/
詞頻: 非常高

中文釋義

n. 翼形螺釘,拇指夾

例句

The interrogator used a thumbscrew to extract information from the prisoner.

審訊者使用了擰壓螺絲鉗從囚犯那裏獲取信息。

The thumbscrew was a common tool used during medieval torture.

擰壓螺絲鉗是中世紀酷刑中常用的工具。

The dictator used thumbscrews to silence political dissidents.

獨裁者使用擰壓螺絲鉗讓政治異見者保持沉默。

The thumbscrew was tightened until the prisoner confessed.

擰壓螺絲鉗被擰緊直到囚犯招供。

The thumbscrew was a brutal instrument of torture.

擰壓螺絲鉗是一種殘酷的酷刑工具。

The thumbscrew was used to inflict pain on the captive.

擰壓螺絲鉗被用來使俘虜感到疼痛。

The thumbscrew was a feared tool among prisoners.

擰壓螺絲鉗是囚犯中令人恐懼的工具。

The thumbscrew was designed to tighten gradually, increasing the pressure on the victim.

擰壓螺絲鉗被設計成逐漸加緊,增加對受害者的壓力。

The thumbscrew was a symbol of oppression and cruelty.

擰壓螺絲鉗是壓迫和殘忍的象徵。

The thumbscrew left marks on the prisoner's fingers from the intense pressure.

擰壓螺絲鉗在囚犯手指上留下了因劇烈壓力而產生的痕跡。

原聲例句

Tassi's trial lasted for seven months, during which Artemisia was subjected to interrogation and torture with thumbscrews as she testified against him.

塔西的審判持續了七個月,在此期間,阿爾泰米西婭在出庭作證時受到審訊和用指旋螺釘施加的酷刑。

來源: TED-Ed (video version)

" Pain, " said Moody softly. " You don't need thumbscrews or knives to torture someone if you can perform the Cruciatus Curse. . . . That one was very popular once too. "

極度痛苦。" 穆迪輕聲說," 如果你會念鑽心咒,你折磨別人就不需要用拇指夾或刀子了… … 這個咒語一度也非常流行。"

來源: 4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

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