| 单词 | water-board torture |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater-board torture 4. Originally U.S. A board or bench on which a person is restrained during waterboarding (waterboarding n. 2); the use of such a board. Also attributive, as water-board torture. ΚΠ 1976 Newsweek 22 Mar. 31/1 Upon capture the ‘POWs’ are roughed up and given their first taste of the dread water board: they are strapped head down onto an inclined board, with a towel placed over their faces and cold water poured onto it. They choke, gag, retch and gurgle. 1986 W. Blum CIA: Forgotten Hist. xix. 141 A torture device called the ‘water board’: the subject strapped head down on to an inclined board, a towel placed over his face, and cold water poured over the towel. 1991 Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) 27 July a6/5 The recruitment ads for the armed forces evoke images of computers and camaraderie and not the ‘water board torture’ and the ‘jack-up drill’. 2005 Irish Times (Nexis) 7 Dec. 10 He was..handcuffed and strapped, feet up, to a water board until after 31 seconds he begged for mercy and began to co-operate. 2009 C. Dickey Securing the City i. 76 To keep a suspect standing and sleepless for days at a time..would have been more excruciating than the waterboard. < as lemmas |
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