gibbet
英 ['dʒɪbɪt]
美['dʒɪbɪt]
- vt. 绞死；吊死；使当众出丑
- n. 绞刑架；绞死；支架
词态变化
复数: gibbets;
中文词源
gibbet 绞架
来自古法语gibet, 弯钩，绞架。可能来自gib, 铁钩。
英英释意
- 1. instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which condemned persons are executed by hanging
英文词源
- gibbet (n.)
- early 13c., "gallows," from Old French gibet "gallows; a bent stick, small stick with a cross" (13c.), diminutive of gibe "club; hoe," perhaps from Frankish *gibb "forked stick." "Originally synonymous with GALLOWS sb., but in later use signifying an upright post with projecting arm from which the bodies of criminals were hung in chains or irons after execution" [OED].
- gibbet (v.)
- "to kill by hanging," 1590s, from gibbet (n.). Also "to hang a dead body in a public place for the sake of infamous exposure;" hence, figuratively "expose to ridicule" (1640s). Related: Gibbeted; gibbeting.
实用场景例句
- 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绞刑架上,然后竖起来,成为松弛的 、 胎儿一般的姿势.
期刊摘选
- The criminals were hanged on the gibbet.
- 罪犯被推上绞架吊死.
期刊摘选
- Here you turn, and lo ! a gibbet!
- 您转过来一看呀! 是给您一具绞刑架!
期刊摘选
- We're that near the gibbet that my neck's stiff with thinking on it.
- 我们离上绞架的日子不远了,我一想到这一点连脖子都会发硬.
英汉文学 - 金银岛
- Another example comes complete with a picture of a gibbet and dangling corpse.
- 另一个例子则完全是一副绞刑架和一具摇晃的尸体.
期刊摘选
- We passed the desiccated corpse of a brigand hanging on a gibbet.
- 我们路过一具悬在绞刑架上的土匪干尸.
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