Knout

[naut]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire; used for flogging prisoners.

格里菲思校對--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The last is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh.

(v. t.) To punish with the knout.

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解釋/意思:

n. a whip formerly used as an instrument of punishment in Russia: punishment inflicted by the knout.

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