waterboard

n. 防浪板；水务局

词形变化

waterboards 复数 waterboards waterboarded waterboarding waterboards 三单 waterboarding 现在分词 waterboarded 过去式 waterboarded 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A board set up to windward in a boat, to keep out water.

  2. 2.

    A public commission charged with overseeing water quality in a particular area.

v.
  1. 1.

    To subject to waterboarding, to pour water over a cloth covering the face and breathing passages of an immobilized captive.

    水刑

    及物

    We waterboarded the suspect, but he refused to confess.

词源

From Middle English water boarde, waterbord, equivalent to water + board. Compare West Frisian wetterboard (“waterboard”), Dutch waterbord (“waterboard”), German Wassertafel (“waterboard”), Danish vandbræt (“waterboard”), Swedish vattenbräda (“waterboard”), Icelandic vatnsbretti (“waterboard”).

来源：wiktionary