🪢cat-o-nine-tails (кэт ə найн тейлз)

noun
/ˌkæt ə ˈnaɪn ˌteɪlz/
кнут с девятью хвостами (knut s devyatyu khvostami)

Значение

A whip with nine knotted cords, historically used for punishment.
Перевод значения
Кнут с девятью узловатыми веревками, исторически использовавшийся для наказания.
Knut s devyatyu uzlovatymi verevkami, istoricheski ispol'zovavshiysya dlya nakazaniya.

Примеры предложений

The sailor feared the cat-o-nine-tails more than the storm at sea.

Моряк боялся кнута с девятью хвостами больше, чем шторма на море.
Moryak boyalsya knuta s devyatyu khvostami bol'she, chem shtorma na more.

Синонимы

whip, lash, scourge, flogger, strap

Антонимы

reward, mercy, pardon

Коллокации

wield the cat-o-nine-tails, sentenced to the cat-o-nine-tails, fear the cat-o-nine-tails

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