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单词 gibbet
释义 gibbet¹ /ˈdʒɪbɪt/ n.
1.(for displaying bodies)(旧时用于悬挂绞刑尸体的)示众架

His body was carried back to Amboise and hung on a gibbet.他的尸体被带回昂布瓦斯, 吊在示众架上。

2.(for execution)绞刑架;绞台

He was hanged on a gibbet of his own construction.他被绞死在自己亲手搭建的绞刑架上。

gibbet² /ˈdʒɪbɪt/ vt.
1.(execute)绞死;对…处以绞刑

Muhammad was defeated in battle and gibbeted.穆罕默德战败后被处以绞刑。

2.(suspend)把(尸体)吊在示众架上

Bodies might be gibbeted in some appropriate place as a warning to others.尸体可能会在某个恰当的场所被吊在示众架上, 以儆效尤。

3.<文>(ridicule)使当众出丑;公开嘲弄
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