The Catherine or breaking wheel was quite a horrible device.
凯瑟琳或破碎轮是一个非常可怕的装置。
单词 | Breaking wheel |
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Breaking wheel
原声例句
世界奇趣图谱 The Catherine or breaking wheel was quite a horrible device. 凯瑟琳或破碎轮是一个非常可怕的装置。 世界奇趣图谱 Another name it is known by, the breaking wheel, will probably give you some ideas. 它的另一个名字, 破碎的轮子, 可能会给你一些想法。
中文百科
死亡轮![]() ![]() ![]() 死亡轮(英语:breaking wheel或Catherine wheel,亦可简写为「wheel」)系一种于公开处决中使用酷刑,其历史可追溯到远古时代,且这种刑罚直到近代(18世纪)才废止。受刑人会因为骨头被钝击砸碎而死亡。在德国,死亡轮作为一种死后处罚,直到19世纪仍在使用。
英语百科
Breaking wheel 死亡轮![]() ![]() ![]() The breaking wheel, also known as the Catherine wheel or simply the wheel, was a torture device used for capital punishment from antiquity into early modern times for public execution by breaking the criminal's bones/bludgeoning him to death. As a form of execution, it was used from classical times into the 18th century; as a form of post mortem punishment of the criminal, the wheel was still in use in 19th-century Germany. |
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