gibbet

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈdʒɪb.ɪt]
• 美式音标 [ˈdʒɪb.ət]
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基本解释

• n.绞架
• v.使当众出丑；把 ... 吊在绞架上；在绞刑架上处以绞刑

同根派生

英汉例句

用作名词 (n.)

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

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

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