thumbscrew
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++thumb·screw /ˈθʌmskruː/ noun [countable] 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〕
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thumbscrew• If you're in Error you are one step away from the thumbscrews.• To open the lid, you simply loosen two thumbscrews.thumb·screw nounChineseSyllable
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thumbscrew
thumb‧screw /ˈθʌmskruː/
noun [countable]
an object that was used in the past to punish people by crushing their thumbs
thumb‧screw /ˈθʌmskruː/
noun [countable]an object that was used in the past to punish people by crushing their thumbs