| 释义 | thumbscrew noun[ C ]
 uk /ˈθʌm.skruː/ us /ˈθʌm.skruː/(alsoscrews)
 a device used especially in the past to torture people (= cause them great pain) by crushing their thumbs拇指夹(旧时的刑具)
 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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 cane
 caning
 cat-o'-nine-tails
 corporal punishment
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 lynch
 lynch law
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 mortification of the fleshidiom
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 spanking
 tar
 the third degreeidiom
 thrashing
 waterboard
 waterboarding
 whip
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