词汇 | waterboarding |
释义 | waterboarding noun [ U ] uk/ˈwɔː.təˌbɔː.dɪŋ/ us/ˈwɑː.t̬ɚˌbɔːr.dɪŋ/ 水囚刑 a form of torture (= extreme physical or mental pain used to make someone give information) in which a person is held facing upwards while water is poured in large quantities over their face. This gives the person the feeling that they are drowning (= unable to breathe and dying). They extracted confessions using simulated drowning, known as waterboarding.
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