catherine wheel

常见例句

St. Catherine of Alexandria with the wheel of her martyrdom;
亚历山大的圣凯瑟琳带着她的殉难之轮；
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Witnesses across Norway all described seeing a spinning "Catherine wheel-style spiral of white light, centered around a bright moon-like star."
其圆心间是月亮一样的星体，有一个蓝色流体型的尾巴从螺旋体上抛向地球，光的前面是爆破形成的炽白旋转光环。
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Breaking wheel or the Catherine wheel was a torture device used for capital punishment in the Middle Ages and early modern times for public execution by cudgelling to death.
毁灭车轮或称风火轮是中世纪和近代用于公开处决的的一种折磨设施, 作用是将受刑人碾死。