gibbet
n.绞刑架 v.绞刑
难易程度:
gibbet为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:gibbeted/gibbetted 过去分词:gibbeted/gibbetted 现在分词:gibbeting/gibbetting 第三人称单数:gibbets/gibbets
gibbet
/'dʒɪbɪt; `dʒɪbɪt/ n
1 (arch 古) gallows 绞刑架; 绞台.
2 upright post with a projecting arm from which in former times the bodies of executed criminals were hung (旧时罪犯受绞刑後吊尸体的)示众架.
gibbet
n[C][
Date: 1100-1200;
Language: Old French;Origin: gibet, from gibe
'pole']
a wooden frame on which criminals were
hanged in the past with a rope around their neck
=
gallows