gal·lows
noun/ˈɡæləʊz/
/ˈɡæləʊz/
(plural gallows)
- a structure on which people, for example criminals, are killed by hanging
绞刑架；绞台 - to send a man to the gallows (= to send him to his death by hanging)
把一名男子送上绞刑架 - The public were waiting to see the hated hangman swing from his own gallows.
公众正等着看这个令人憎恶的刽子手从绞刑架上吊下来。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryGallows is used before these nouns:- humour
Word OriginOld English galga, gealga, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch galg and German Galgen; reinforced in Middle English by Old Norse gálgi. - to send a man to the gallows (= to send him to his death by hanging)