单词 | thumbscrew |
释义 | thumbscrewWord family adjectivethumbedthumblessthumblikethumbynounthumbikinsthumblingthumb indexthumbnailthumbnutthumbpiecethumbpotthumbprintthumbscrewthumbstallthumbtackthumb Jail & punishmentthumb·screw /ˈθʌmskruː/ noun [countableC] SCJan object that was used in the past to punish people by crushing their thumbs 拇指夹〔旧时的一种刑具〕 Examples from the Corpus thumbscrew• If you're in Error you are one step away from the thumbscrews.• To open the lid, you simply loosen two thumbscrews. |
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