gallows

英 [ˈɡæləʊz] 美 [ˈɡæloʊz]

n.  绞刑架; 绞台

复数:gallows

GRETEM8法律

BNC.21129 / COCA.20775



牛津词典

noun

  1. 绞刑架;绞台
    a structure on which people, for example criminals, are killed by hanging
    1. to send a man to the gallows (= to send him to his death by hanging)
      把一名男子送上绞刑架

柯林斯词典

  1. 绞刑架;绞台
    A gallows is a wooden frame used to execute criminals by hanging.

    双语例句

    1. Traditionally, there used to be 13 steps leading up the gallows.
      传统中通往绞刑台有13个阶梯。
    2. So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai.
      于是人将哈曼挂在他为末底改所预备的木架上。
    3. Lying is the first step to the gallows.
      撒谎是走向绞刑台的第一步。
    4. Like the thief on the gallows.
      彼得说,「就像绞架上的小偷那样!
    5. In1927he died on the gallows of the warlords.
      1927年他牺牲在军阀的绞刑架上。
    6. But in order to get bodies to dissect they had to steal them by night from gallows or graves.
      但为了得到解剖用的尸体,他们不得不深更半夜到绞架台或墓地偷尸。
    7. Can Minha find evidence to save her father from the gallows?
      我的发现任何证据可以挽救她的父亲从绞刑架?
    8. 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。
    9. That very day a gallows was built outside the town.
      就在那天,城外竖起了一个绞刑台。
    10. If I shake and tremble, as we pass the gallows, don't you mind, but hurry on.
      经过绞刑架的时候,我要是摇摇晃晃,浑身哆嗦,你别介意,赶紧走就是了。
    11. 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。
    12. Their attention was focused on the gallows and the beaten green beast that stood before them.
      他们的注意力都集中在绞刑架上还有站在他们前面的那个被打的绿色野兽。
    13. He gallows groans for him.
      绞架在等着他呢。
    14. If that ruffian does not mend his ways, he will come to the gallows some day.
      如果那个恶棍不改邪归正的话,他总有一天会上绞刑架的。
    15. They did not send an innocent man to the gallows.
      被他们送上绞架的并不是一个无辜的人。
    16. Gallows: This impressive structure causes a lot of fear among your captives.
      绞刑架:这个令人印象深刻的设施可以让你的俘虏们感到害怕。
    17. He was saved from the gallows by a lastminute reprieve.
      最后一刻的缓刑令把他从绞架上解救了下来。
    18. The judge committed him to ten years 'imprisonment. The judge sentenced the murderer to the gallows.
      法官判处他十年徒刑。法官判杀人犯处以绞刑。
    19. Save a thief from gallows and he will help hang you.
      不要从绞刑架上救一个盗贼,他将绞死你。(农夫和蛇)
    20. Ask him whether he would not control his passions if, in front of the house where he has this opportunity, a gallows were erected on which he would be hanged immediately after gratifying his lust.
      如果当他获得这个机会的时候,一个绞刑架会立在他面前并且他将在满足欲望之后立即被绞死于其上,问他是否不会去控制他的激情。
    21. Mr. Singh visited the condemned prisoners afterwards and offered to save them from the gallows.
      辛格先生后来访问了被判死刑的囚犯,并愿意从绞刑架上拯救出他们。
    22. Tom Hyde, the tinker, standing on the gallows, was asked if he had anything to say.
      补锅匠汤姆·海德站在断头台上,问他有什么话要说。
    23. Here I was doing dirty work for three men that I looked down upon, and one of whom, at least, Shoulu have hung upon a gallows.
      在这儿,我在替三个我所瞧不起的人干着肮脏的杂务,而其中至少有一个是应该吊在绞刑架上的。
    24. The judge condemned the criminal to the gallows.
      法官判了这名罪犯绞刑。
    25. Then the officers brought the soldier to the open space, where a big gallows was set up.
      接着官员们把士兵带到广场,在那儿已搭好了一座很大的绞刑台。
    26. This time the gallows claimed him.
      这次,他被送上了绞刑台。
    27. The murderer entreated the judge for mercy, but was sentenced to the gallows.
      那个杀人凶手恳求法官宽恕,但被判处绞刑。
    28. I've seen more cheerful faces dangling from a gallows.
      我看到了在绞刑架上悬挂着的笑脸。
    29. Thus my excuse for the gallows humor that pervades this story.
      因此,我国借口绞刑架幽默贯穿这个故事。
    30. I'll never end on their gallows.
      我不会在他们的绞架上绞死的。

    英英释义

    noun

    1. an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging