gallows

🇺🇸 /ˈɡæləʊz/ 🇬🇧 /ˈɡæləʊz/
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noun
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A platform with a post and beam from which people were hanged, especially as a form of capital punishment.

The criminal was sentenced to death by hanging on the gallows.

罪犯被判处在绞刑架上吊死的死刑。

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n. 绞刑架

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Plural gallowses