estrapade

词形变化

estrapades 复数 estrapades

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The rearing, plunging, and kicking actions of a horse trying to get rid of its rider.

  2. 2.

    A form of torture in which the victim is suspended on a rope that is attached to a pulley, over a fire and repeatedly let down close to the flames and hauled up away from them, in order to prolong the suffering.

词源

From French estrapade.

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