early 13c., "gallows," from Old French gibet "gallows; a bent stick, small stick with a cross" (13c.), diminutive of gibe "club; hoe," perhaps from Frankish *gibb "forked stick." "Originally synonymous with GALLOWS sb., but in later use signifying an upright post with projecting arm from which the bodies of criminals were hung in chains or irons after execution" [OED].
gibbet (v.)
"to kill by hanging," 1590s, from gibbet (n.). Also "to hang a dead body in a public place for the sake of infamous exposure;" hence, figuratively "expose to ridicule" (1640s). Related: Gibbeted; gibbeting.
双语例句
1. We passed the desiccated corpse of a brigand hanging on a gibbet.
我们路过一具悬在绞刑架上的土匪干尸.
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2. We're that near the gibbet that my neck's stiff with thinking on it.
我们离上绞架的日子不远了,我一想到这一点连脖子都会发硬.
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3. The criminals were hanged on the gibbet.
罪犯被推上绞架吊死.
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4. Here you turn, and lo ! a gibbet!
您转过来一看呀! 是给您一具绞刑架!
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5. He was probably put on a gibbet and made to stand in a loose, foetal position.