| 释义 |
gibbet/ˈdʒibit/ n. & v.●n. hist. [史义] 1a a gallows 绞架 b an upright post with an arm on which the bodies of executed criminals were hung up 罪犯尸体示众架 2 (prec. by 前接 the) death by hanging 绞刑 ●v. tr. (gibbeted, gibbeting) 1 put to death by hanging 绞死，吊死 2a expose on a gibbet 将(某人)悬在示众架上 b hang up as on a gibbet 双手向上吊在某处 3 hold up to contempt 当众羞辱，使出丑 [Middle English from Old French gibet ‘gallows’, diminutive of gibe ‘club’, probably from Germanic] |