gallows
n. 絞刑架
A gallows is a wooden frame used to execute criminals by hanging.
1. instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which condemned persons are executed by hanging
Two trees grow where the gallows stood, one a palm as tall ship's mast.
有兩棵樹,就長在當年絞架豎立的地方, 其中一棵棕櫚樹長得跟旗杆差不多高.
So they Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's fury subsided.
於是人將哈曼掛在他為末底改所豫備的木架上. 王的忿怒這才止息.
Lying is the first step to gallows.
說謊是邁向斷頭臺的第一步.
But somehow it worked. Gallows humour becomes Mr Brown.
看來“大難當頭的幽默”適合布朗.
Like the thief on the gallows.
彼得說,[就像絞架上的小偷那樣!