| 釋義 |
gibbet / 'djibit; Maibit/ n 1 (hist) gallows. (L) 絞架。 2 wooden post with an arm, on which corpses of executed criminals were formerly exposed as a warning. 示眾架 (昔時(shí)將已處死的犯人的尸體陳列其上，以儆他人) 。 3 death by hanging. 絞死。 vt put to death by hanging; expose on a ~; (fig) hold up to contempt or ridicule. 絞死;陳列于示眾架; (喻) 當(dāng)眾侮辱或嘲弄; 使人出丑或丟人。 |