单词	cat-o'-nine-tails
释义	cat-o'-nine-tails /katəˈnʌɪnteɪlz / noun historical A rope whip with nine knotted cords, formerly used (especially at sea) to flog offenders.Flogging with the cat-o'-nine-tails and hanging were the major punishments.... Selina ignored him, but I thought I could detect a hint of longing in the way she fingered the whip looped at her belt (a cat-o'-nine-tails). Jesus is beaten with canes, then with an early version of a cat-o'-nine-tails.
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