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gallows

美['ɡæloʊz]  英['ɡæləʊz]
n.  绞刑架
  名词复数:gallows
  近义词:hanging,execution,tree,noose,rope,scaffold,gibbet,gallowstree,crossbeam,arm,beam,

英英释义

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

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. The murderer was sentenced to the gallows.杀人犯被判处绞刑。
  2. 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。
  3. Only our brand of gallows humor saves us from utter despair.只有我们招牌式的黑色幽默把我们从完全的绝望中拯救出来。
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