| 释义 |
gibbet / 'djibit; Maibit/ n 1 (hist) gallows. (L) 绞架。 2 wooden post with an arm, on which corpses of executed criminals were formerly exposed as a warning. 示众架 (昔时将已处死的犯人的尸体陈列其上，以儆他人) 。 3 death by hanging. 绞死。 vt put to death by hanging; expose on a ~; (fig) hold up to contempt or ridicule. 绞死;陈列于示众架; (喻) 当众侮辱或嘲弄; 使人出丑或丢人。 |