| 单词 | knout |
| 释义 | knout (once / 22343 pages) n WORD FAMILY knout: knouts USAGE EXAMPLESHonour stands for nothing, but with the knout and brandy one can get anything from them except heroical enthusiasm. Seingalt, Jacques Casanova de, The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de...(2012) The tin or lead mines, the ankle-chains, the knout, and many things that were far worse to a beautiful woman! MacGrath, Harold, The Million Dollar Mystery—Novelize...(2012) If the bill passes, I presume Mr. Gerry could get a supply of knouts from Russia, as that country has just abolished the whipping-post. Ingersoll, Robert Green, The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, V...(2012) n a whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire; used for flogging prisoners Hyper whip an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping |
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