peine forte et dure

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Crushing, an old form of punishment (torture) in which the prisoner's body was pressed with heavy weights. historical,uncountable
    — It was a solid structure, with massy door, sooner than open which in the absence of the ‘Dominie’, we would all have willingly perished by the peine forte et dure.

词源

Law French, from Middle French peine forte et dure (“severe and hard punishment”).
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