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thumbscrew /'θʌmskru:/

Anh-Việt Anh-Anh

Danh từ

kìm kẹp ngón tay cái (dụng cụ tra tấn ngày xưa)
noun

plural -screws

[count] a device used in the past to torture people by crushing their thumbs - sometimes used figuratively

The government is tightening/putting the thumbscrews on dissenters. [=the government is putting a lot of pressure on dissenters to stop; the government is treating dissenters very harshly]

a type of screw with a flat-sided head that can be held and turned with your thumb and fingers