| 单词 | torture-rack |
| 释义 | > as lemmastorture-rack attributive and in other combinations, as torture-chamber, torture-house, torture-monger, torture-rack, torture-room, torture-wheel; torture-scored adj. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > torture > [noun] > torturer pinerOE wiþerlaȝec1175 tormentorc1290 pincher1368 tortor1570 torturer1597 torture-monger1615 excruciator1864 society > authority > punishment > torture > instrument or place of torture > [noun] > place of torture quale-housec1225 qualm-housec1225 wall1528 butcheryc1540 torture-chamber1829 torture-house1898 society > authority > punishment > torture > instrument or place of torture > [noun] > wheel wheelc888 rat1481 rote1526 row1557 torture-wheel1837 1615 J. Stephens Satyrical Ess. (1857) 133 An Impudent Censurer—Is the torture-monger of Wit, ready for execution before Judgement. 1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein I. ix. 275 Building castles with dungeons and torture-chambers. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. i. ii. 14 Torture-wheels and conical oubliettes. a1847 E. Cook Silence 2 Poverty has a sharp and goading power To wring the torture cry. 1898 S. Coleridge Step by Step 4 The guardian of the secret of the torture-house. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 9 Feb. 2/1 The torture-instinct (common alone to human and feline). < as lemmas |
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