chamber of horrors

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An exhibition which displays horrific items, such as instruments of torture, frightful crimes being committed, etc.
    — “Screaming headlines in every paper in the country—damn all journalists, I say! Do you know there was a whole crowd staring in at the lodge gates this morning. Sort of Madame Tussaud’s chamber of horrors business that can be seen for nothing.”
  2. Any place in which horrific things take place or have taken place.

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