gibbet
英 [ˈdʒɪb.ɪt]
美 [ˈdʒɪb.ət]
- vt. 绞死；吊死；使当众出丑
- n. 绞刑架；绞死；支架
星级词汇:
中文词源
gibbet 绞架
来自古法语gibet, 弯钩，绞架。可能来自gib, 铁钩。
英语词源
- 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.
权威例句
- 1. 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.
- 2. 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.
- 3. The criminals were hanged on the gibbet.
- 罪犯被推上绞架吊死.
- 4. Here you turn, and lo ! a gibbet!
- 您转过来一看呀! 是给您一具绞刑架!
- 5. 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.
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