n. (pl. gallowses, gallows ) 1.絞刑架;絞臺。 2.掛牌架,(體操用的)鐵桿架;【航海】吊桿。 3.絞刑,應(yīng)受絞刑的人。 4.〔pl.〕〔方言〕(褲子的)吊帶,背帶。
短語和例子
cheat the gallows 逃脫絞刑,逃避死罪。 come to [die on] the gallows 被絞死。 have a gallows look = have the gallows in one's face 有被絞死的面相,有不得善終的臉相。 The gallows groans for him [you]. 絞架在等著他[你]呢。 adj. 該絞死的;窮兇極惡的,壞透的;非常的。
an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging
百科解釋
A gallows (or scaffold) is a frame, typically wooden, used for execution by hanging, or by means to torture before execution, as was used when being hanged, drawn and quartered. The gallows took its form from the Roman Furca when Constantine the Great abolished crucifixion.
詳細(xì)百科解釋
其他語種釋義
gallowsとは意味:gallows n. (pl. ~, ~es) 絞首臺. 【動詞+】 ◆The condemned criminal died from heart failure and cheated the gallows. その死刑囚は心臓麻痺(まひ)で死に, 死刑を免れた ◆The kidnapper deserves the gallows. その誘拐犯人は死刑に値する ◆I am afraid he...