Gallows(英語單詞)

Gallows 是英語名詞，指用於執行死刑的木製或金屬絞刑架，複數形式與原形相同，英式音標為[ˈɡæləʊz]，美式音標為[ˈɡæloʊz]。該詞源自古英語"galga"，原意為"桿"或"十字架"，後特指刑具，在司法系統中作為絞刑執行裝置使用。

中世紀至近代歐洲，絞刑架普遍作為城市場所的永久性刑具。19世紀後，隨著死刑制度改革，部分國家逐步廢除絞刑。現代英語中，該詞衍生出"gallows humor"（黑色幽默）等固定搭配，喻指危境中的自嘲表達，並常見於法律判決、文學描寫（如《金銀島》《聖經》典故）及社會現象研究。歷史上倫敦泰本絞刑架等遺址記錄了其作為公共行刑工具的套用，相關詞組如"send to the gallows"（處以絞刑）仍保留司法語境。

基本介紹

• 外文名：Gallows
• 類型：英語單詞
• 詞性：名詞

單詞用法

用作名詞 (n.)

2. The murderer was sentenced to the gallows.　　殺人犯被判處絞刑。
3. They did not send an innocent man to the gallows.　　被他們送上絞架的並不是一個無辜的人。
4. Only our brand of gallows humor saves us from utter despair.　　只有我們招牌式的黑色幽默把我們從完全的絕望中拯救出來。

雙語例句

• Then the youth went to the gallows, sat down beneath it, and waited till evening came. 於是年輕人走到絞刑架前，在下面坐了下來，一直等到天黑。
• Implication in a murder finally brought him to the gallows. 與一樁謀殺案的牽連最終把他送上了絞刑架。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
• "It is all done," said he, "and the witch is already hanging on the gallows." “都辦好了，”他說，“女巫已經被掛在絞刑架上了。”
• The countryman stopped his fiddle, and left the miser to take his place at the gallows. 僕人放下了他的小提琴，讓吝嗇鬼代替他坐上了絞架。
• The gallows groans for you. 絞架在等著你呢。
• He'll come to the gallows. 他將來要受絞刑。
• In 1927 he died on the gallows of the warlords. 1927年他犧牲在軍閥的絞刑架上。
• They did not send an innocent man to the gallows. 被他們送上絞架的並不是一個無辜的人。
• Now i was to expiate all my offences at the gallows. 現在我將在絞刑架上贖我一切的罪過。
• Save a thief from gallows and he will help hang you. 不要從絞刑架上救一個盜賊，他將絞死你。（農夫和蛇）
• That very day a gallows was built outside the town . 就在那天，城外豎起了一個絞刑台。
• Now i was to expiate all my offences at the gallows . 現在我將在絞刑架上贖我一切的罪過。
• Thus my excuse for the gallows humor that pervades this story. 因此，我國藉口絞刑架幽默貫穿這個故事。
• He'll pick you up at 9 in the morning. Gallows Corner. Know it? 他早上9點會去接你知道蓋洛斯街角嗎？
• Traditionally, there used to be 13 steps leading up the gallows. 傳統中通往絞刑台有13個階梯。
• So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. 於是人將哈曼掛在他為末底改所預備的木架上。
• With so much bad news in the workplace, gallows humor is making a comeback. 由於工作場所的壞訊息如此之多，黑色幽默又捲土重來了
• With so much bad news in the workplace, gallows humor is making a comeback。 由於工作場所的壞訊息如此之多，黑色幽默又捲土重來了。
• If I shake and tremble, as we pass the gallows, don't you mind, but hurry on. 經過絞刑架的時候，我要是搖搖晃晃，渾身哆嗦，你別介意，趕緊走就是了。
• You see what I mean about the situation being funny in a gallows-humor fashion? 現在您明白了我說的按照黑色幽默的說法，形勢非常滑稽的意思了吧？
• If you see a gallows in your dream your future plans will meet with frustration. 如果您看到一個絞刑在你的夢想是您的未來計畫將與挫折感。
• Ribbentrop mounted the gallows in the execution chamber of the Nuremberg prison. 里賓特洛甫走上紐倫堡監獄死刑室的絞架。
• But psychologists say that gallows humor can be an important way to relieve stress. 但心理學家們認為，黑色幽默可能成為一種重要的解壓方式。
• There's a thief hanging on the gallows out there, and I'll cut his hand off; which hand was it? 我想辦法幫你渡過難關。外面絞刑架上吊著一個小偷。我去把他的手切下來。哪只手呢？ “ ”？
• Their attention was focused on the gallows and the beaten green beast that stood before them. 他們的注意力都集中在絞刑架上還有站在他們前面的那個被打的綠色野獸。
• The alchemist would be dressed in a tinsel suit and hanged from a gallows covered in gold-colored foil. 鍊金術士穿著金絲織成的衣服，被吊死在鍍金的絞刑架上。