torture

n. bed of torture. rack 拷问台，拉肢刑架。
△Mac. 3. 2. 19:“Better be with the dead,/ Whomwe,to gain our peace,have sent to peace,/ Than onthe torture of the mind to lie / In restless ecstasy.”还不如去和死人做伴，去和那些我们为了自己的平安而送到平安之境的人们做伴，也比躺在心灵的拷问台上，受这种无休止的狂躁不安之苦要好。

torture[ˈtɔ:tʃə]

v.& 曲解，折磨
◇ torture sb. during interrogation 拷问
‖ tortuous adj. 曲折的，转弯抹角的
tortuousness n.曲折
tortuosity[ˈtɔ:tjuˈɔsiti]n.曲折
tortuosity factor 扭曲系数，曲折系数 n.拷打，折磨