Word · Frequency #22360
Fully loadedhangman
绞刑吏；执行绞刑者
a person whose job is to execute criminals by hanging
- 1.
An executioner responsible for hanging criminals.
负责绞死罪犯的行刑者。
- 2.
Someone responsible for hanging pictures and other artworks in a gallery, museum etc.
负责在画廊、博物馆等悬挂画作和其他艺术品的人。
- 3.
A guessing game where one has to guess the word an opponent is thinking of by guessing one letter at a time, and involving the gradual drawing of a stick figure hanging from the gallows.
一种猜词游戏,玩家逐步猜对手所想的单词字母,同时逐渐画出吊在绞刑架上的简笔小人。
负责绞死罪犯的行刑者。；负责在画廊、博物馆等悬挂画作和其他艺术品的人。；一种猜词游戏,玩家逐步猜对手所想的单词字母,同时逐渐画出吊在绞刑架上的简笔小人。；绞刑吏；刽子手；[法] 执行绞刑者
In use
The hangman carried out the sentence at dawn.
Many people believed the hangman's identity was kept secret.
In old novels, the hangman usually wore a black hood.
the hangman
hangman 是可数名词，指执行绞刑的人；特指某个刽子手时用 the。
The hangman put a noose around the prisoner's neck.
刽子手把绞索套在囚犯的脖子上。
be hanged by the hangman
hang 表示“绞死”时，过去式与过去分词用 hanged，不用 hung。
The prisoner was hanged by the hangman at dawn.
囚犯在黎明时被刽子手处以绞刑。
Common mistakes
The hangmans prepared the gallows.The hangmen prepared the gallows.
Connections
Collocations
- hangman's noose
- 刽子手的绞索
- The hangman's noose has long been a symbol of execution.刽子手的绞索一直是死刑的象征。
- public hangman
- 官方刽子手；公共行刑吏
- In the nineteenth century, the public hangman was a well-known figure.在十九世纪，官方刽子手是个广为人知的人物。
- meet the hangman
- 被处以绞刑；上绞刑架
- After years on the run, the outlaw finally met the hangman.那名歹徒逃亡多年后，终于被处以绞刑。
Idioms & figurative uses
- cheat the hangman
- 逃脱绞刑；侥幸免于惩罚The spy cheated the hangman when his allies broke him out of prison.这名间谍的同伙把他从监狱里救了出来，使他逃脱了绞刑。
- dance the hangman's jig
- 被处绞刑In old tales, pirates who committed mutiny might dance the hangman's jig.在古老的故事中，犯下叛变罪的海盗可能会被处绞刑。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
hang（吊起来） + man（人）→ 把人吊起来处死的人，即绞刑吏。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：historical accounts、legal contexts、literary works 这个词多用于历史、法律或文学等书面语境，日常口语中较少出现；语气比较正式，但算不上高度正式。
Grammar Note
复数形式为 hangmen，注意不是 hangmans。
Pronunciation & Spelling
没有常见单词与 hangman /ˈhæŋmən/ 完全押韵。postman、chairman 等以 -man 结尾的词虽共享非重读的 /mən/，但重读音节不同。hangar、hanger 拼写以 hang- 开头，但读作 /ˈhæŋər/；hangnail、handgun 在开头音节后读音也各不相同。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.