| 释义 |
fa·lan·ga
\fəˈläŋgə, -aŋ-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: probably from New Greek phalanga, oblique form of phalangas bastinado, modification (probably influenced by New Greek phalangi roller put under a ship) of Turkish falaka whiffletree, staff and loop for holding the feet of a bastinado victim, bastinado, from Arabic falaqa
: a method of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten |