gibbet的意思|示意
n. 绞刑架;绞死
v. 将……处以绞刑;将(尸体)吊上绞刑示众架;使当众受辱
复数 gibbets 第三人称单数 gibbets 现在分词 gibbeting 过去式 gibbeted 过去分词 gibbeted
gibbet的用法详解
gibbet是一个英语单词,源自古英语“gibb”,意为“悬架”,也可以被译作“绞木”。
gibbet最初是指一种木结构,用来将受死刑的罪犯的尸体悬挂起来,从而可以被人们目睹和惩戒。随着事情的发展,gibbet也可以指比喻意义上的一种恐吓,即“惩罚”或“警告”。
例句:
1. The authorities used the gibbet to scare criminals into thinking twice before committing a crime.
2. The ruler's name became a gibbet to those who dared to challenge his authority.
3. His fate was a gibbet for anyone who dared to cross the line.
gibbet相关短语
1、 Gibbet Hill 吉比山校区
2、 gibbet tree 起重杆
3、 gibbet t 起重臂
4、 die on the gibbet 被绞死
gibbet相关例句
We passed the desiccated corpse of a brigand hanging on a gibbet.
我们路过一具悬在绞刑架上的土匪干尸.
《简明英汉词典》
He was probably put on a gibbet and made to stand in a loose, foetal position.
他可能是被放在原木的绞刑架上,然后竖起来,成为松弛的 、 胎儿一般的姿势.
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Another example comes complete with a picture of a gibbet and dangling corpse.
另一个例子则完全是一副绞刑架和一具摇晃的尸体.
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The criminals were hanged on the gibbet.
罪犯被推上绞架吊死.
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Here you turn, and lo ! a gibbet!
您转过来一看呀! 是给您一具绞刑架!
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We're that near the gibbet that my neck's stiff with thinking on it.
我们离上绞架的日子不远了,我一想到这一点连脖子都会发硬.
英汉文学 - 金银岛