Gibbet
['dʒɪbɪt]
解釋/意思:
(n.) A kind of gallows; an upright post with an arm projecting from the top, on which, formerly, malefactors were hanged in chains, and their bodies allowed to remain asa warning.
(n.) The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib.
(v. t.) To hang and expose on a gibbet.
(v. t.) To expose to infamy; to blacken.
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同義詞及近義詞:
n. Gallows.
v. a. Hang on a gallows.
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解釋/意思:
n. a gallows on which criminals were suspended after execution: the projecting beam of a crane.—v.t. to expose on a gibbet.
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