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单词 water torture
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Definition of water torture in English:

water torture

noun
mass noun
  • A form of torture in which the victim is exposed to the incessant dripping of water on the head or to the sound of dripping.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Frankly, as long as it doesn't affect the taste or nutritional value, the chicken processors could subject them all to Chinese water torture such that they committed suicide and I wouldn't care.
    • For their trouble, they were being subjected to sustained water torture.
    • Such scars demonstrate the brutality of the mistreatment of the criminal suspect, although suspicions of water torture have not been verified.
    • Four hours of this stuff is like Chinese water torture.
    • Anyway, Chinese water torture couldn't make Aaron stay home and act like a functioning part of a family unit, so we gladly excused him.
    • Ancient torture methods such as Chinese water torture are still in use across the world.
    • This included electric shocks, water torture, beatings, drugs and being burnt with cigarettes.
    • So if you subject someone to water torture, or a mock execution, or you threaten to bury them alive, that's not torture because it doesn't leave bumps and bruises.
    • Listening to their nightly twaddle for hour on end is tantamount to Chinese water torture.
    • Watching is like experiencing Chinese water torture and with the ending comes a sense of relief.
    • ‘Everyone is afraid to say no,’ wails one who's experienced this water torture first hand.
    • If this fellow is being subjected to water torture, alligator clips, an so forth, it's not clear that anyone outside the government ever will find out.
    • These included: humiliation, sleep deprivation, restraint, water torture, religious taunting, light deprivation, and other techniques of torture that have since come to light.
    • This included electrical shocks, water torture, drugs and beatings.
    • Detained Papuans have suffered electric shocks, beatings, pistol whipping, water torture, cigarette burns, and confinement in steel containers for months on end.
    • The beeping, it feels like Chinese water torture, right?
    • Both men experienced the managerial equivalent of Chinese water torture as unforgivable on-field ineptitude undermined their employment prospects.
    • Or will they apply the infamous Chinese water torture?
    • After hours of water torture, they led Lauren back to her room, haggard and soaked.
    • For no good reason I was chosen for the water torture.
 
 

Definition of water torture in US English:

water torture

noun
  • A form of torture in which the victim is exposed to the incessant dripping of water on the head or to the sound of dripping.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • So if you subject someone to water torture, or a mock execution, or you threaten to bury them alive, that's not torture because it doesn't leave bumps and bruises.
    • Both men experienced the managerial equivalent of Chinese water torture as unforgivable on-field ineptitude undermined their employment prospects.
    • Detained Papuans have suffered electric shocks, beatings, pistol whipping, water torture, cigarette burns, and confinement in steel containers for months on end.
    • Or will they apply the infamous Chinese water torture?
    • For their trouble, they were being subjected to sustained water torture.
    • Watching is like experiencing Chinese water torture and with the ending comes a sense of relief.
    • Such scars demonstrate the brutality of the mistreatment of the criminal suspect, although suspicions of water torture have not been verified.
    • Four hours of this stuff is like Chinese water torture.
    • Listening to their nightly twaddle for hour on end is tantamount to Chinese water torture.
    • After hours of water torture, they led Lauren back to her room, haggard and soaked.
    • Frankly, as long as it doesn't affect the taste or nutritional value, the chicken processors could subject them all to Chinese water torture such that they committed suicide and I wouldn't care.
    • Ancient torture methods such as Chinese water torture are still in use across the world.
    • This included electrical shocks, water torture, drugs and beatings.
    • These included: humiliation, sleep deprivation, restraint, water torture, religious taunting, light deprivation, and other techniques of torture that have since come to light.
    • If this fellow is being subjected to water torture, alligator clips, an so forth, it's not clear that anyone outside the government ever will find out.
    • ‘Everyone is afraid to say no,’ wails one who's experienced this water torture first hand.
    • The beeping, it feels like Chinese water torture, right?
    • For no good reason I was chosen for the water torture.
    • This included electric shocks, water torture, beatings, drugs and being burnt with cigarettes.
    • Anyway, Chinese water torture couldn't make Aaron stay home and act like a functioning part of a family unit, so we gladly excused him.
 
 
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