英语字典

gibbet

G 开头单词

音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˈdʒɪb.ɪt]
  • 美式音标 [ˈdʒɪb.ət]
  • 英式发音
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基本解释

  • n.绞架
  • v.使当众出丑；把 ... 吊在绞架上；在绞刑架上处以绞刑

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英汉例句

    用作名词 (n.)

  • The criminals were hanged on the gibbet.
    罪犯被推上绞架吊死。

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • a wooden structure from which criminals were hanged, in the past, as a form of execution (= killing as a punishment)