Word · Frequency #26338
gibbet
绞刑架；绞首台
a gallows; a structure used for hanging people
- 1.
An upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display.
用于行刑及随后公开展示的带横木的立柱。
- 2.
alternative terms for gallows
绞刑架的别称
- 3.
The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended.
起重机的悬臂,负载悬挂其上。
- 4.
A human-shaped structure made of iron bands designed to publicly display the corpse of an executed criminal.
铁条制成的人形框架,用于公开展示被处决罪犯的尸体。
用于行刑及随后公开展示的带横木的立柱。；绞刑架的别称；起重机的悬臂,负载悬挂其上。；铁条制成的人形框架,用于公开展示被处决罪犯的尸体。；绞首台
In use
The old town square once had a stone gibbet where criminals were executed.
Tourists gathered around the rusty gibbet to hear the guide tell its grim history.
The museum displayed a wooden gibbet from the eighteenth century.
on the gibbet
名词用法，gibbet指绞刑架；常与定冠词连用。
The rebels were executed on the gibbet.
起义者们在绞刑架上被处死。
be sent to the gibbet
gibbet在此借指绞刑这种刑罚。
The rebel leader was sent to the gibbet.
叛军首领被送上了绞刑架。
be gibbeted
动词被动式；过去式/过去分词也可写作gibbetted。
Connections
Collocations
- left on the gibbet
- 被留在绞刑架上
- The corpse was left on the gibbet as a warning to the townspeople.那具尸体被留在绞刑架上，以儆效尤。
- erect a gibbet
- 竖起绞刑架
- The authorities erected a gibbet just outside the city walls.当局在城墙外竖起了一座绞刑架。
- be condemned to the gibbet
- 被判处绞刑
- The rebel leader was condemned to the gibbet.叛军首领被判处绞刑。
- gibbet the corpse
- 将尸体挂在绞刑架上示众
- They gibbeted the dead highwayman at the crossroads.他们把那个已死的拦路强盗挂在十字路口的绞刑架上示众。
- gibbet someone in effigy
- 将某人的模拟像挂在绞刑架上示众
- The angry crowd gibbeted the unpopular official in effigy.愤怒的人群把那名不得人心的官员的模拟像挂在绞刑架上示众。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
gibbet 音近 giblet（鸡杂），想象罪犯被吊在绞刑架上像一块悬挂的肉。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：historical writing、literary descriptions、historical fiction gibbet（绞刑架）一词较古旧，多用于文学描写、历史叙述等书面语境；现代日常英语中很少见，通常可用 gallows 代替。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 gibbet /ˈdʒɪbɪt/ 真正押韵的词有 ribbit /ˈrɪbɪt/（重读元音和后面的 /bɪt/ 相同）。gibberish /ˈdʒɪbərɪʃ/ 以相同的 /ˈdʒɪb/ 开头，但结尾不同。拼写相似的 rabbet、rabbit、habit、Tibet 并不押韵：rabbet 和 rabbit 的元音是 /æ/，habit 也是 /æ/，Tibet 的重音在第二音节 /bɛt/。
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.