Word · Frequency #21129
gallows
绞架；绞刑架
核心释义
gallows
- 1.
绞刑架。
A wooden framework on which persons are executed by hanging.
- 2.
由木架构成的行刑器具,用于绞死犯人
an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging
- 3.
任何带有立柱和横梁用于悬挂物体的装置。
Any contrivance with posts and crossbeam for suspending objects.
- 4.
横梁式蒸汽机的主框架。
The main frame of a beam engine.
绞刑架。；由木架构成的行刑器具,用于绞死犯人；任何带有立柱和横梁用于悬挂物体的装置。；横梁式蒸汽机的主框架。；绞架
用法In use
The old prison still has a wooden gallows in its yard.
用法提示：名词 gallows 此处表示“绞架”，指处决用的木架。
In the story, the thief was sentenced to the gallows for his crimes.
用法提示：此处 the gallows 借指“绞刑”，是这种刑具的转喻用法。
They built a gallows outside the town to carry out the execution.
用法提示：名词 gallows 指“绞刑架”，句中作执行处决所用之物。
sentence sb to the gallows
此短语意为判处某人绞刑，被动式为 be sentenced to the gallows。
The king sentenced the traitor to the gallows.
国王判处那个叛徒绞刑。
on the gallows
on the gallows 表示在绞刑架上，通常涉及被执行绞刑。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- on the gallows
- 在绞刑架上；被处绞刑
- The spy died on the gallows.那名间谍死于绞刑。
- gallows humor
- 面对死亡的幽默；黑色幽默
- His gallows humor helped the hostages stay calm.他面对死亡时的幽默帮人质们保持了冷静。
- gallows bird
- 该受绞刑的人（坏蛋）
- That gallows bird has been stealing again.那个该被绞死的坏蛋又在偷东西了。
- condemned to the gallows
- 被判处绞刑
- He was condemned to the gallows for treason.他因叛国罪被判处绞刑。
- send to the gallows
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记 gallows 末段像 low：绞架把人吊得低低垂下。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：historical accounts、legal/news reports 该词通常用于正式或叙述性场合，如历史记载或新闻中对绞刑的报道；日常口语中比较少见。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
与 gallows /ˈɡæloʊz/ 押韵（重读音节 /æ/ 及其后 /loʊz/ 相同）的词有 hallows /ˈhæloʊz/、mallows /ˈmæloʊz/、aloes /ˈæloʊz/。拼写相似的 follows /ˈfɑːloʊz/、hollows /ˈhɑːloʊz/、swallows /ˈswɑːloʊz/ 美音重读元音为 /ɑː/，并不押韵，注意区分。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.