gallows

英 ['ɡæləʊz] 美 ['ɡæloʊz]

• n. 绞刑架

英英释义

Noun:

1. an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The murderer was sentenced to the gallows.
   杀人犯被判处绞刑。
2. They did not send an innocent man to the gallows.
   被他们送上绞架的并不是一个无辜的人。
3. Only our brand of gallows humor saves us from utter despair.
   只有我们招牌式的黑色幽默把我们从完全的绝望中拯救出来。

经典引文

• A gallowes being erected before Temple gate.

  出自： Anthony Wood

• That all our liberty-poles will soon be converted into gallowses.

  出自： James Sullivan

词汇搭配

• gallows humour 面临大难时的幽默...
• gallows humor 充满怨恨的幽默...
• gallows bird 应受绞刑的人...
• gallows tree 绞架
• gallows look [法] 犯死罪的面相...
• towing gallows 拖缆承梁
• central gallows for counterpoise 地网中心架
• gallows plow 双轮单铧犁
• gallows frame 门形吊架
• gallows timber 木构架
• central gallows for antenna 天线中心架
• gallows bracket 木构架斜撑
• have the gallows in one's face 有犯死罪的面相...
• cheat the gallows 逃脱绞刑,逃避死罪...
• power of gallows and pit 绞杀男罪犯或淹死女罪...
• power of pit and gallows [苏][史]贵族淹死...

近反义词

【近义词】

• hanging 悬挂着的
• execution 处决
• tree 树
• noose 套索
• rope 绳索
• scaffold 鹰架
• gibbet 绞架
• gallows tree 绞架
• crossbeam 大梁
• arm 臂
• beam 微笑