英：[ˌkæt ə ˈnaɪn teɪlz]
美：[ˌkætəˈnaɪnˌtelz]
cat-o'-nine-tails如何读
cat-o'-nine-tails是什么意思
n.
九尾鞭
cat-o'-nine-tails英英释义
noun
a whip with nine knotted cords or lines attached to a handle, formerly used for flogging, esp. to discipline naval crewmen aboard ship.
cat-o'-nine-tails词源中文解释
"九根绳结系在柄上，用于鞭打赤裸的背部"，1690年代，可能是因为其“爪子”而被称为如此。它是英国海军的一种合法惩罚工具，直到1881年。
cat-o'-nine-tails词源英文解释
from the resemblance of its scars to the scratches of a cat
The first known use of cat-o'-nine-tails was in 1665
cat-o'-nine-tails儿童词典英英释义
caustic sodanoun
sodium hydroxide
caustic potashnoun
potassium hydroxide
catty-corner
cat's-eyenoun
any of various gems (as chalcedony) with a changeable luster suggestive of reflections from the eye of a cat
cat's cradlenoun
a game played with a string looped on the fingers so as to resemble a small cradle
CAT scannoun
a three-dimensional image of a body part made by a computer from a series of cross-sectional images that are formed by exposure to radiation (as X-rays)
cat-o'-nine-tailsnoun
a whip made of nine knotted cords fastened to a handle
cat-o'-nine-tails 例句
1 They could order you to be flogged with something called a cat - o'- nine tails.
他们可以叫人用九尾鞭打你们.