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单词 corporal punishment
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corporal punishmentnoun [ U ]

uk/ˌkɔː.pər.əl ˈpʌn.ɪʃ.mənt/us/ˌkɔːr.pɚ.əl ˈpʌn.ɪʃ.mənt/

the physical punishment of people, especially of children, by hitting them

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Punishing by causing pain

  • birch
  • cane
  • cat-o'-nine-tails
  • flagellate
  • flay
  • flog
  • kneecap
  • lash
  • lynch
  • lynch law
  • mortification
  • mortification of the flesh idiom
  • rack
  • screw
  • stone
  • tar
  • treadmill
  • walloping
  • whip
  • whipping

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Examples from literature

  • Corporal punishment of any kind is rare. 
  • Corporal punishment, except for the gravest offences, is abolished. 
  • Fines, corporal punishment, and in the case of heinous crimes, mutilation and death are their penalties. 
  • On this circumstance being reported to the lieutenant-governor, Wright received an immediate corporal punishment. 
  • They had the power of inflicting corporal punishment. 

corporal punishmentnoun [ C ]

us/ˈkɔr·prəl ˈpʌn·ɪʃ·mənt, -pər·əl-/

physical punishment, esp. by hitting with the hand or with a stick

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