1
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。
绞刑吏；执行绞刑者
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
绞刑吏；执行绞刑者
a person whose job is to execute criminals by hanging
The hangman put a noose around the prisoner's neck.
刽子手把绞索套在囚犯的脖子上。
负责绞死罪犯的行刑者。
An executioner responsible for hanging criminals.
负责在画廊、博物馆等悬挂画作和其他艺术品的人。
Someone responsible for hanging pictures and other artworks in a gallery, museum etc.
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。
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.
The hangman carried out the sentence at dawn.
刽子手在黎明时执行了处决。
Many people believed the hangman's identity was kept secret.
许多人认为刽子手的身份是保密的。
In old novels, the hangman usually wore a black hood.
在旧小说里，刽子手通常戴着黑色头罩。
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。
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。
Not this
The hangmans prepared the gallows.
Use this
The hangmen prepared the gallows.
hangman 的复数是不规则形式 hangmen，不是 hangmans；以 -man 结尾的复合名词变复数时要把 -man 改为 -men。
Not this
The hangman hung the prisoner.
Use this
The hangman hanged the prisoner.
表示“绞死/处决”时，hang 的过去式和过去分词必须用 hanged；hung 用于表示悬挂物体，不能用于处决犯人。
Not this
Hangman was a common figure in medieval Europe.
Use this
The hangman was a common figure in medieval Europe.
hangman 是可数名词单数，不能单独作主语；泛指某一类人时可用 the hangman 表示类别，因此需要加定冠词 the。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
刽子手，刽子手，且慢一下。
Opening line of Led Zeppelin's 'Gallows Pole', a rock adaptation of a traditional folk ballad in which a condemned man begs the hangman to wait for his family.
齐柏林飞艇乐队《绞刑架》的开头歌词。这首歌改编自传统民谣，歌中死囚恳求刽子手等他的家人到来。
刽子手来到镇上。
First line of Maurice Ogden's poem 'The Hangman', an allegory about standing up against injustice instead of letting it happen.
莫里斯·奥格登的诗歌《刽子手》的第一行。这是一首关于应当反抗不义、而非袖手旁观的寓言诗。
Use hangman naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
hang（吊起来） + man（人）→ 把人吊起来处死的人，即绞刑吏。
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。
复数形式为 hangmen，注意不是 hangmans。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.