gibbet

pronunciation

UK [ˈdʒɪbɪt]word uk audio image

US [ˈdʒɪbɪt] word us audio image

  • n.
    绞刑架,绞台
  • vt.
    处…绞刑
    使当众出丑

Word Origin

gibbet 绞架

来自古法语gibet, 弯钩,绞架。可能来自gib, 铁钩。

Example

1. I 'm really afraid of dying on the gibbet .
我害怕会被绞死.
2. I see a world at peace , a world on which the gibbet 's shadow does not fall .
我看见的是一个太平的世界,没有任何绞刑架投下可怕的阴影。
3. Only you 'll be hanged by the honest men of paris on a fine gibbet in a more splendid way .
只是你会比较体面地由巴黎的老实人把你吊死在一个好看的绞刑架上。
4. This led them to believe that christ could well have been crucified on a t-shaped gibbet , with his arms above his head and his legs tucked up and under him so that his chest was crushed and he died of asphyxiation .
这使他们有理由相信基督更可能是被钉死在t形绞刑架上的,他的胳膊高过头部,腿部蜷曲,于是胸腔受到挤压,使他死于窒息。

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