cat-o'-nine-tails

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A scourge (multi-tail whip) having nine, often knotted, whipcords, formerly used for flogging as naval punishment.
    — But I do tell you one thing, if you ſhould give ſuch Language at Sea, you'd have a Cat o' Nine-tails laid croſs your Shoulders.
  2. A similarly constructed leather nine-tail whip, as used in British penal colonies and certain armies.

词形变化

cats-o'-nine-tails plural cat-o'-nine alternative,short-form,uncommon

词源

From cat + o' + nine + tails, cat referring to the inflicted wounds resembling the scratches of a cat. First attested in 1695.
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