hangman

US [ˈhæŋmən]
UK ['hæŋmən]
  • n.刽子手;执行绞刑的人
  • Web吊死鬼;猜字游戏;绞刑吏
Plural Form:hangmen  
hangman
n.
1.
[c]
执行绞刑的人;刽子手a man whose job is to hang criminals
2.
[u]
猜词画人游戏(一个玩家选一个单词,其他玩家设法猜出,每猜错一个字母就画一部分吊着的人的身体,其他玩家须在全部身体画完之前猜出该词。)a game in which one player chooses a word and the other players try to guess it, letter by letter. Each time they guess wrongly, the first person draws one part of a man being hanged. The other players have to guess the word before the drawing is complete.

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