gibbet的意思|示意

美 / ˈdʒɪbɪt / 英 / ˈdʒɪbɪt /

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.

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