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skewered

/ˈskjuːəd/B2

串成串 / 刺穿 (v.)

原指用籤子把食物「串起來」燒烤，這裡生動地形容腦袋被「釘/插」在城門尖刺上的血腥畫面。

My husband?

If he told the King, both our heads would be skewered on the city gates by now.

Whatever Jon Arryn knew or didn't know, it died with him.