cats-o'-nine-tails

核心释义

1. 1.

   一种有九根常打结鞭索的多尾鞭,旧时用于海军鞭刑。

   A scourge (multi-tail whip) having nine, often knotted, whipcords, formerly used for flogging as naval punishment.

2. 2.

   一种类似结构的皮革九尾鞭,用于英国罪犯流放地及某些军队。

   A similarly constructed leather nine-tail whip, as used in British penal colonies and certain armies.

一种类似结构的皮革九尾鞭,用于英国罪犯流放地及某些军队。；九尾鞭