Pro·crus·tes /prəˈkrʌs(ˌ)tiz, pro-/
 古代希臘的強盜


 Pro·crus·tes n.  Gr. Antiq. A celebrated legendary highwayman of Attica, who tied his victims upon an iron bed, and, as the case required, either stretched or cut of their legs to adapt them to its length; -- whence the metaphorical phrase, the bed of Procrustes.

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 Procrustes
      n : (Greek mythology) a mythical giant who was a thief and
          murderer; he would capture people and tie them to an iron
          bed, stretching them or hacking off their legs to make
          them fit; was killed by Theseus