cat-o'-nine-tails

英 [ˌkæt ə ˈnaɪn teɪlz]

美 [ˌkæt ə ˈnaɪn teɪlz]

n.  九尾鞭(用九条带结的细绳编成，旧时鞭打囚犯用)

牛津词典

noun

• 九尾鞭（用九条带结的细绳编成，旧时鞭打囚犯用）
  a whip made of nine strings with knots in them, that was used to punish prisoners in the past

英英释义

noun

• a whip with nine knotted cords
  1. British sailors feared the cat
  Synonym:cat

双语例句

• In the chimney-corner a cat-o '-nine-tails was hanging on a nail.
  壁炉角上，挂着一根皮鞭。