gallows
核心词议：

速记方法
速记技巧 谐音记忆法 gal-高，llow-low（低），s-死，上“高”台àà套绳子àà让人两脚悬空,降“低”高度àà绞“死”了----绞刑架，绞台。

知识扩展
词组短语 gallows humor充满怨恨的幽默；化解严重场面或僵局的幽默（等于gallows humour）； 词源考究 来自PIE*ghalgh，杆，棍。用来指绞刑架。

中文词源： gallows 绞刑架 来自PIE*ghalgh, 杆，棍。用来指绞刑架。 gallows
精选例句

常见考点例句：

He heard from his cell the carpenters building the gallows .

约翰在牢房里就听说木匠在搭设绞刑架。

Many must have had no idea why they were sent to the gallows .

估计许多人肯定根本就不明白为什么他们被送往绞刑架。

Beyond , were the gallows , but lloyd 's eyes were fixed on the mare .

远处，是绞刑架，但是劳埃德的目光注视在母马身上。

Little boys have their heads chopped off ( and stuck on again ) , dead men converse as they swing from the gallows , bisected bodies drop down the chimney .

小男孩的头被砍下来（又重新被粘上去），在绞刑架上飘荡的死人正在交谈，一分为二的尸体在烟囱上滑下来。

The only known photograph of remus shows him standing on the gallows .

仅存的一张remus的照片即是他站在绞架上拍摄的。