gallows

US [ˈɡæloʊz]
UK [ˈɡæləʊz]
  • n.绞刑架；绞台
  • adj.该绞死的；穷凶极恶的；非常的
  • Web绞架；绞刑台；吊架
Plural Form：gallowses  

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gallows
n.
1.
绞刑架；绞台a structure on which people, for example criminals, are killed by hanging
to send a man to the gallows(= to send him to his death by hanging)
把一名男子送上绞刑架

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Definition:
AllAll,绞刑架绞刑架,绞台绞台,该绞死的该绞死的,穷凶极恶的穷凶极恶的,非常的非常的,绞架绞架,绞刑台绞刑台,吊架吊架
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1.
I am going to do a bit of play- acting, the bottom ground of which is just exactly as serious as the gallows for the pair of us .
我将要去表演一台戏，表演这台戏的基本原因跟那等待着我们的绞刑架同样的是一件严肃的事。
wǒ jiāng yào qù biǎo yǎn yī tái xì , biǎo yǎn zhè tái xì de jī běn yuán yīn gēn nà děng dài zhe wǒ men de jiǎo xíng jià tóng yàng de shì yī jiàn yán sù de shì 。
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2.
Here I was doing dirty work for three men that I looked down upon, and one of whom, at least, should have hung upon a gallows.
在这儿，我在替三个我所瞧不起的人干着肮脏的杂务，而其中至少有一个是应该吊在绞刑架上的。
zài zhè er , wǒ zài tì sān gè wǒ suǒ qiáo bu qǐ de rén gàn zhe āng zāng de zá wù , ér qí zhōng zhì shǎo yǒu yī gè shì yīng gāi diào zài jiǎo xíng jià shàng de 。
3.
Jack, that compass. That's all I need. Elizabeth is in danger. We're all arrested for trying to help you. She faces the gallows!
杰克，那个罗盘。我只需要那个。伊丽莎白现在很危险。我们为了帮你现在被捕了，她会被绞刑的！
jié kè , nà ge luó pán 。 wǒ zhǐ xū yào nà ge 。 yī lì shā bái xiàn zài hěn wēi xiǎn 。 wǒ men wèi le bāng nǐ xiàn zài bèi bǔ le , tā huì bèi jiǎo xíng de !
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4.
My finger, pointed at this man, would have hurled him from his pulpit into a dungeon- thence, peradventure, to the gallows!
我的手指指着他，只消一动，就可以把他从布道坛上抛到牢狱中去——甚至还会把他抛到绞刑架上！
wǒ de shǒu zhǐ zhǐ zhe tā , zhǐ xiāo yī dòng , jiù kě yǐ bǎ tā cóng bù dào tán shàng pāo dào láo yù zhōng qù — — shèn zhì hái huì bǎ tā pāo dào jiǎo xíng jià shàng !
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5.
Such a carefully noble girl, was the church, the court stigmatized as "witches" , "murderers" , and was sentenced to the gallows.
这样一个心地高贵的女孩，竟被教会、法庭诬蔑为“女巫”、“杀人犯”，并被判处绞刑。
zhè yàng yī gè xīn dì gāo guì de nǚ hái , jìng bèi jiào huì 、 fǎ tíng wū miè wèi " nǚ wū " 、 " shā rén fàn " , bìng bèi pàn chǔ jiǎo xíng 。
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6.
If it weren't so tragic, the current European crisis would be funny, in a gallows-humor sort of way.
按照一种黑色幽默的说法，假如欧洲当前的危机不是那么悲惨，那一定是非常滑稽。
àn zhào yī zhǒng hēi sè yōu mò de shuō fǎ , jiǎ rú ōu zhōu dāng qián de wēi jī bú shì nà me bēi cǎn , nà yí dìng shì fēi cháng huá jī 。
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7.
Henry Wirz, led to the gallows with a black robe draped over his shoulders, paid for all these events with his own life.
亨利.沃兹头上套着黑色的头套，被带到断头台上，用生命为他的所作所为付出代价。
hēng lì . wò zī tóu shàng tào zhe hēi sè de tóu tào , bèi dài dào duàn tóu tái shàng , yòng shēng mìng wèi tā de suǒ zuò suǒ wéi fù chū dài jià 。
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8.
When the sun went down, they got out of the forest, and before them in the open country stood the gallows .
当太阳下山的时候，他们走出了森林，眼前是一片野地，上面立着绞架。
dāng tài yáng xià shān de shí hou , tā men zǒu chū le sēn lín , yǎn qián shì yī piàn yě dì , shàng mian lì zhe jiǎo jià 。
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9.
Fagin was arrested on the gallows after, Middlesex in the slip in the escape strangled by his own rope.
费金被捕，后上了绞刑架，塞克斯在逃窜中失足被自己的绳子勒死。
fèi jīn bèi bǔ , hòu shàng le jiǎo xíng jià , sài kè sī zài táo cuàn zhōng shī zú bèi zì jǐ de shéng zǐ lēi sǐ 。
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10.
It might be, too, that a witch, like old Mistress Hibbins, the bitter-tempered widow of the magistrate, was to DIE upon the gallows.
也许，那是地方官的遗愿西宾斯老夫人那样生性恶毒的巫婆，将要给吊死在绞架上。
yě xǔ , nà shì dì fāng guān de yí yuàn xī bīn sī lǎo fū rén nà yàng shēng xìng è dú de wū pó , jiāng yào gěi diào sǐ zài jiǎo jià shàng 。
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