strappado

/struh-pey-doh, -pah-/US // strəˈpeɪ doʊ, -ˈpɑ- //UK // (strəˈpeɪdəʊ, -ˈpɑː-) //

捆绑式,捆绑式的,捆绑,捆绑式服务

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural strap·pa·does.
- : an old form of punishment or torture in which the victim, with arms bound behind, was raised from the ground by a rope fastened to the wrists, abruptly released, then arrested with a painful jerk just before reaching the ground.
- : the instrument used for this purpose.

After a smart administration of the strappado, he proceeded to examine the contents of his pinafore, which was bundled round him.
I did hear that, as this raid of some privates interfered with the Dutch general's diet, one of the offenders got the strappado.
I'd strappado you and then hang you within the next half-hour.
Nay, rather the strappado for me, at any time, than abandonment to foolishness so crass as this would be.
If I die, let my boy Robin have the strappado, three hours a day, to be duly paid him during life.