(1) [squeezing a person"s fingers between sticks]∶ 用拶子夹手指
就用严刑拷他,讨拶来拨指。——《二刻拍案惊奇》
(2) [torture instrument]∶拶夹。夹手指的刑具
拶子
zǎnzi
[sticks for squeezing fingers] 旧时夹手指的刑具
⊙ 英文词汇
⊙ 英文字义
1.a torture device in old China consisting of several contractible wooden sticks, in between which the fingers of a suspect were placed and pressed to extort confessions;punish by squeezing fingers
