hung, drawn, and quartered

相關詞: hang

成語

Definition

  1. Refers to a historical form of extreme punishment where a person was first hanged, then disemboweled and their body cut into pieces.

    處以绞刑后劈裂

    • History records that traitors were sometimes punished by being hung, drawn, and quartered.

      历史记载,叛国者有时会被处以绞刑、剖腹和分尸的极刑。

    • This brutal punishment was seen as the penalty for the most heinous crimes during that era.

      在那个时代,这种残酷的刑罚被视为对最恶劣罪行的惩处。

    • Being hung, drawn, and quartered was considered an exceptionally gruesome form of execution.

      绞刑、剖腹和分尸被认为是一种极其残忍的处决方式。