gibbet
US /ˈdʒɪb.ət/
UK /ˈdʒɪb.ɪt/
名詞
絞刑架, 示眾架
a gallows, especially one with a projecting arm from which the bodies of executed criminals were formerly hung in chains as a warning
範例:
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The condemned man was led to the gibbet at dawn.
被判刑的男子在黎明時被帶到絞刑架。
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Tales of highwaymen often include scenes near a gibbet.
關於攔路搶劫犯的故事通常包括絞刑架附近的場景。
動詞
吊在絞刑架上
to hang (a body) on a gibbet
範例:
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The authorities decided to gibbet the traitor's body as a warning.
當局決定將叛徒的屍體吊在絞刑架上以示警告。
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Historically, criminals were sometimes left to gibbet for days.
歷史上，罪犯有時會被吊在絞刑架上數日。