Game of Thrones · 第 1 季
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spike
/spaɪk/B1
尖鐵 / 大釘 (n.)
指長而尖的金屬或木頭釘子。劇中「head on a spike」是指把砍下來的人頭掛在「長矛/尖刺」上示眾,是古裝劇裡標誌性的血腥懲罰。
She's fresh widowed, Cat.
-She doesn't know what she's saying. -Lysa's head would be on a spike right now
if the wrong people had found that letter.
