单词	gallows
释义	gallowsgal‧lows /ˈɡæləʊz $ -loʊz/ noun (plural gallows) [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINgallows Origin: Old English gealga Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Another of the outcropping, another of a gallows fixed to the outcropping. As uplifting as a gallows, maybe, but a rewarding experiment in instrumentation none the less. Dinah rides with Hetty in the cart proceeding to the gallows along streets lined with people. Hooper's career continued until 1735 but thereafter no mention of him occurs in the gallows records. Men on their way to the gallows? Next a policeman puppet arrived carrying a gallows. The arrangement was later modified, and gallows were erected outside, in the hanging corner. The next sketch was one of a gallows. word sets WORD SETS► Crime & Law alarmed, adjectiveallegation, nounamnesty, nounbail, nounbreath test, nouncharge sheet, nouncircumstantial, adjectivecompensation, nouncompensatory, adjectivecomplicity, nouncondemned, adjectivecondemned cell, nounconfess, verbconfession, nounconman, nouncontraband, nouncuff, verbdebug, verbdetain, verbdick, nounenforce, verbfed, nounFederal Bureau of Investigation, nounflogging, nounforensic, adjectivegallows, noungaolbird, noungas chamber, noungibbet, nounguillotine, nounhang, verbhanging, nounhard labour, nounimpeach, verbKC, nounlaunder, verblawsuit, nounleg irons, nounlicensed, adjectivelicensing laws, nounlife, nounlife sentence, nounline-up, nounlynch, verblynch mob, nounpenalty point, nounpenology, nounpolygraph, nounposse, nounprisoner, nounracket, nounracketeer, nounracketeering, nounrake-off, nounransom, nounransom, verbreport, verbreprieve, nounriot, nounshop, verbsilk, nounspeed trap, nounstalker, nounstrip search, nountransport, verbtransportation, nountribunal, nounundercover, adjectivevictim, nounwrongdoing, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► gallows humour (=jokes, funny stories etc which make very unpleasant or dangerous things seem funny)· It was the kind of gallows humor that medical students love. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► humour · Emotional but effective and with some memorable flashes of gallows humour.· But within it there is evidence of Kane s gallows humour. a structure used for killing criminals by hanging them from a rope
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