gibbet

gibbet

英 ['dʒɪbɪt]
　　美 ['dʒɪbɪt]

vt. 絞死；吊死；使當眾出醜
　　n. 絞刑架；絞死；支架

中文詞源：

gibbet 絞架

來自古法語gibet, 彎鉤，絞架。可能來自gib, 鐵鉤。

例句：

1. We passed the desiccated corpse of a brigand hanging on a gibbet.
我們路過一具懸在絞刑架上的土匪幹屍.

2. We're that near the gibbet that my neck's stiff with thinking on it.
我們離上絞架的日子不遠瞭,我一想到這一點連脖子都會發硬.

3. The criminals were hanged on the gibbet.
罪犯被推上絞架吊死.

4. Here you turn, and lo ! a gibbet!
您轉過來一看呀! 是給您一具絞刑架!

5. He was probably put on a gibbet and made to stand in a loose, foetal position.
他可能是被放在原木的絞刑架上,然後豎起來,成為松弛的 、 胎兒一般的姿勢.