English Dictionary

bamboo torture

名詞

不可算名詞

An apocryphal Asian form of torture where a bamboo shoot is grown through the victim's body, piercing it and eventually emerging on the other side.

日本語の意味

竹の拷問（伝説的なアジア由来の拷問法）。被害者の体に竹の芽を成長させ、徐々に体を突き抜けさせる手法を指す。

Historians doubted the authenticity of the accounts describing bamboo torture, which allegedly involved a shoot growing through the victim's body and emerging on the other side.

歴史家たちは、被害者の体を突き抜けて反対側に出るまで竹の芽が成長するという、いわゆる竹による拷問を描いた記述の信憑性を疑っていた。

意味（1）

An apocryphal Asian form of torture where a bamboo shoot is grown through the victim's body, piercing it and eventually emerging on the other side.