gallows

英 [ˈɡæləʊz]

美 [ˈɡæloʊz]

n.  绞刑架; 绞台

复数：gallows　

GRETEM8法律

BNC.21129 / COCA.20775

牛津词典

noun

• 绞刑架；绞台
  a structure on which people, for example criminals, are killed by hanging
  1. to send a man to the gallows (= to send him to his death by hanging)
     把一名男子送上绞刑架

柯林斯词典

• 绞刑架；绞台
  Agallowsis a wooden frame used to execute criminals by hanging.

英英释义

noun

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

双语例句

• Here I was doing dirty work for three men that I looked down upon, and one of whom, at least, Shoulu have hung upon a gallows.
  在这儿，我在替三个我所瞧不起的人干着肮脏的杂务，而其中至少有一个是应该吊在绞刑架上的。
• Gallows: This impressive structure causes a lot of fear among your captives.
  绞刑架：这个令人印象深刻的设施可以让你的俘虏们感到害怕。
• Lying is the first step to the gallows.
  撒谎是走向绞刑台的第一步。
• Save a thief from gallows and he will help hang you.
  不要从绞刑架上救一个盗贼，他将绞死你。（农夫和蛇）
• So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai.
  于是人将哈曼挂在他为末底改所预备的木架上。
• The judge condemned the criminal to the gallows.
  法官判了这名罪犯绞刑。
• The judge committed him to ten years 'imprisonment. The judge sentenced the murderer to the gallows.
  法官判处他十年徒刑。法官判杀人犯处以绞刑。
• That very day a gallows was built outside the town.
  就在那天，城外竖起了一个绞刑台。
• But in order to get bodies to dissect they had to steal them by night from gallows or graves.
  但为了得到解剖用的尸体，他们不得不深更半夜到绞架台或墓地偷尸。
• Now I was to expiate all my offences at the gallows.
  现在我将在绞刑架上赎我一切的罪过。