| 单词 | iron heel |
| 释义 | iron heel (once / 24220 pages) n WORD FAMILY iron heel: iron heels USAGE EXAMPLESJack London’s novel “The Iron Heel” is usually described as an early example of dystopian fiction. New York Times(Jul 31, 2016) What we are seeing has less to do with the iron heel than with the pitchfork. The Guardian(Nov 12, 2012) Alas for poor human nature! thus it is degraded by the iron heel of oppression. Seingalt, Jacques Casanova de, The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de...(2012) n an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg Syn|Hyper boot, iron boot, the boot instrument of torture an instrument of punishment designed and used to inflict torture on the condemned person |
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