torture chamber

• 专门设计并配备用于施加剧烈肉体或精神痛苦的房间或场所，通常用于审讯、惩罚或胁迫。

A room or space specifically designed and equipped for the infliction of severe physical or psychological pain, typically used for interrogation, punishment, or coercion.

1. Room for inflicting painC1formal

   A room or space specifically designed and used for the infliction of severe physical or psychological pain, typically for interrogation or punishment.

   酷刑室

   • The historical museum displayed a replica of a medieval torture chamber.
   • The prisoners were held in a dark torture chamber beneath the castle.
   • The novel vividly described the horrors of the torture chamber.

2. Metaphorical extreme discomfortB2informal

   A situation or place that causes extreme mental or physical suffering, often used figuratively.

   酷刑室（比喻义）

   • The dentist's office felt like a torture chamber to him.
   • The final exam was a torture chamber for the unprepared students.
   • The long, boring meeting was a torture chamber for everyone in the room.