gibbet 详细解释

gibbet

['dʒibit]

n.绞架
v.使当众出丑,把 ... 吊在绞架上,在绞刑架上处以绞刑

n.[C]

1. 绞刑台, 绞架

2. 绞死

vt.

1. 绞死, 吊死; 把……悬在绞架上

2. 使当众出丑

They were gibbeted in the press.

他们在报纸上受到公开嘲弄。

词形变化

动词过去式: gibbeted/gibbetted | 动词过去分词: gibbeted/gibbetted | 动词现在分词: gibbeting/gibbetting | 动词第三人称单数: gibbets/gibbets |

词义辨析

同义参见:

cloud  tree  

英英释义

名词 gibbet:

alternative terms for gallows

同义词:gallows tree, gallows-tree, gallous

动词 gibbet:

hang on an execution instrument

expose to ridicule or public scorn

同义词:pillory

补充

gibbetgibbet英:[ˈdʒibit] 美:[ˈdʒɪbɪt]n.1.绞刑架, 绞台vt.1.处…绞刑2.使当众出丑

例句

1. His body was carried back to Amboise and hung on a gibbet.他的尸体被带回昂布瓦斯, 吊在示众架上。 2. He was hanged on a gibbet of his own construction.他被绞死在自己亲手搭建的绞刑架上。 3. Muhammad was defeated in battle and gibbeted.穆罕默德战败后被处以绞刑。 4. Bodies might be gibbeted in some appropriate place as a warning to others.尸体可能会在某个恰当的场所被吊在示众架上, 以儆效尤。 5. the four ringleaders were sentenced to the gibbet.4个主犯被处绞刑。