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.
雙語例句
1. We passed the desiccated corpse of a brigand hanging on a gibbet.
我們路過一具懸在絞刑架上的土匪干尸.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. We're that near the gibbet that my neck's stiff with thinking on it.
我們離上絞架的日子不遠了,我一想到這一點連脖子都會發硬.
來自英漢文學 - 金銀島
3. The criminals were hanged on the gibbet.
罪犯被推上絞架吊死.
來自互聯網
4. Here you turn, and lo ! a gibbet!
您轉過來一看呀! 是給您一具絞刑架!
來自互聯網
5. He was probably put on a gibbet and made to stand in a loose, foetal position.