| 释义 |
strappado/stræˈpɑ:dəʊ, -eidəʊ/n. (pl. -os) hist. a form of torture in which the victim is secured to a rope and made to fall from a height almost to the ground then stopped with a jerk; an application of this; the instrument used [史义]吊坠刑(旧时将犯人用绳缚住吊起然后骤然使其坠下的刑法)；吊坠刑具 [French (e)strapade from Italian strappata, from strappare ‘snatch’] |