A kind of grim gallows humor infected the encampment, Kleponis recalls.
克莱波尼斯回忆说,一种严峻的绞刑架幽默感染了这个营地。
VOA常速英语_美洲
The mob erected gallows assaulted police and journalists vandalized and looted offices.
暴徒竖起绞刑架,袭击警察和记者,破坏和抢劫办公室。
福尔摩斯探案之四签名
It became an overpowering, absorbing passion with me. I cared nothing for the law–nothing for the gallows.
我满心忿恨,也不管法律或断头台了。
福尔摩斯探案之蓝宝石案
Who would think that so pretty a toy would be a purveyor to the gallows and the prison?
谁能想到如此美丽的小装饰品竟是向绞刑架和监狱输送罪犯的供应商呢?
国富论(二)
Some, indeed, do not avoid it; as some do not avoid the gallows.
确实,有些人并没有避免它; 因为有些人不会避免绞刑架。
TED-Ed(视频版)
The taller letters have been named gallows characters.
较高的字母被命名为绞架字符。
《金融时报》 Podcast
She says her dad would have appreciated the gallows humour.
她说她的父亲会喜欢这种绞刑架式的幽默。
新天方夜谭(上)
" What future is there left for me except the gallows" ?
“除了绞刑架, 我还有什么未来” ?
婚姻与爱情
There were in every suburb almost as many places of asylum as gallows.
每个郊区几乎都有和绞架一样多的避难所。
英语百科
Gallows
A gallows (or scaffold) is a frame, typically wooden, used for execution by hanging, or as a means of torture before execution, as was used when being hanged, drawn and quartered.