n. (pl. gallowses, gallows ) 1.绞刑架；绞台。 2.挂牌架，(体操用的)铁杆架；【航海】吊杆。 3.绞刑，应受绞刑的人。 4.〔pl.〕〔方言〕(裤子的)吊带，背带。 短语和例子 cheat the gallows 逃脱绞刑，逃避死罪。 come to [die on] the gallows 被绞死。 have a gallows look ＝ have the gallows in one's face 有被绞死的面相，有不得善终的脸相。 The gallows groans for him [you]. 绞架在等着他[你]呢。 adj. 该绞死的；穷凶极恶的，坏透的；非常的。
an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging
A gallows (or scaffold) is a frame, typically wooden, used for execution by hanging, or by means to torture before execution, as was used when being hanged, drawn and quartered. The gallows took its form from the Roman Furca when Constantine the Great abolished crucifixion.
例句与用法
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On the top of the gallows is fixed the knife . 绞架顶上装着一把刀。
2.
It is not much worse than the gallows . 这不比绞刑残忍多少。
3.
That very day a gallows was built outside the town . 就在那天，城外竖起了一个绞刑台。
4.
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。
5.
The gallows groans for you . 绞架在等着你呢。
6.
He'll come to the gallows . 他将来要受绞刑。
7.
You'd better watch your step, young man, or you'll end up on the gallows . 你最好小心点儿，小伙子，要不然你会死在绞刑架上的。
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It happened that at the top of a hill a gallows had been set up at a cross-roads long ago . 巧得很，山顶上有个绞架，是很久以前竖在十字路口上的。
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Here's johnny gloke, the great gaintkiller, come with a gallows to hang us all ! 降妖伏魔的那个约翰尼格洛克来啦，他带着绞架来要把我们通通绞死。
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There was a gust of wind over the hilltop, and the old gallows fell down right on the horse's neck . 山顶上刮起了一阵狂风，那腐朽的绞架被风刮倒落下，正好牢牢套在马脖子上。
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