英语词汇choke-pear的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

choke-pear; pears of agony. The choke-pear, whose name also became the synonym for “a severe reproof ” in the 16th century, has to be among the most perverse instruments of tor- ture man has invented. Named after the indigestible pear called a choke pear, it was “of iron, shaped like a pear” and originally “used in Holland” by robbers. According to an early source: “This iron pear they forced into the mouths of persons from whom they intended to extort money; and of turning a key, certain interior springs thrust forth a number of points, in all directions, which so enlarged it, that it could not be taken from the mouth: and the iron, being case-hardened, could not be filed; the only methods of getting rid of it were either by cutting the mouth, or advertising a reward for the key. These pears were also called pears of agony.”

词汇	choke-pear
词源	choke-pear; pears of agony. The choke-pear, whose name also became the synonym for “a severe reproof ” in the 16th century, has to be among the most perverse instruments of tor- ture man has invented. Named after the indigestible pear called a choke pear, it was “of iron, shaped like a pear” and originally “used in Holland” by robbers. According to an early source: “This iron pear they forced into the mouths of persons from whom they intended to extort money; and of turning a key, certain interior springs thrust forth a number of points, in all directions, which so enlarged it, that it could not be taken from the mouth: and the iron, being case-hardened, could not be filed; the only methods of getting rid of it were either by cutting the mouth, or advertising a reward for the key. These pears were also called pears of agony.”
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