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单词 iron maiden
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iron maiden

noun
(In historical contexts) an instrument of torture consisting of a coffin-shaped box lined with iron spikes.They had an iron maiden, a rack, and men and woman's chastity belts....
  • I always thought torture was bamboo shoots under the fingernails and iron maidens and such.
  • She enticed local girls to her castle, where she hung them in metal cages and stuffed them into iron maidens.
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