| 单词 | thumbscrew |
| 释义 | thumbscrew From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishJail & punishmentthumbscrewthumb‧screw /ˈθʌmskruː/ noun [countable]SCJan object that was used in the past to punish people by crushing their thumbsExamples from the Corpusthumbscrew• If you're in Error you are one step away from the thumbscrews.• To open the lid, you simply loosen two thumbscrews. |
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