拷
torture; copy
Meanings
2 senses · 10 examplesverb
to torture; to beat for information
formalFormal term for inflicting physical punishment to extract confessions or information.
The enemy tortured underground party members brutally to force them to hand over intelligence.
He was tortured for three days and nights but still did not leak any secrets.
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The interrogator tortured the suspect to obtain a confession.
Ancient cruel punishments included torture, slow slicing and other brutal methods.
The jailer abused his power to torture the prisoners.
verb
to copy; to duplicate
informalInformal transliteration usage, short for 拷贝, commonly used in spoken and written Chinese for copying digital files or documents.
Please copy this meeting minutes and send it to all colleagues.
I copied the photos from my phone to my computer for backup.
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Can you make a copy of this PPT for me?
He copied the video files from the USB drive onto the external hard disk.
This printer can directly make hard copy prints of paper documents.