gibbet

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英式音标 [ˈdʒɪb.ɪt]
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n.绞架
v.使当众出丑；把 ... 吊在绞架上；在绞刑架上处以绞刑

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用作名词 (n.)

The criminals were hanged on the gibbet.
罪犯被推上绞架吊死。

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a wooden structure from which criminals were hanged, in the past, as a form of execution (= killing as a punishment)