gibbet

英 ['dʒɪbɪt] 美 ['dʒɪbɪt]

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※ 提供单词"gibbet"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

gibbet 绞架

来自古法语gibet, 弯钩，绞架。可能来自gib, 铁钩。

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.

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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.

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.