Noun:

1. an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging

hangingadj.悬挂着的n.绞刑动词hang的现在分词形式.

executionn.处决；执行；实施

treen.树；树状物

noosen.套索；陷阱v.用套索捕捉；使落入圈套

ropen.绳索；一串；绞刑v.捆绑；说服（口）

scaffoldn.鹰架；绞刑台；脚手架

gibbetn.绞架v.使当众出丑；把 ... 吊在绞架上；在绞刑架上处以绞刑

gallows treen.绞架

crossbeamn.大梁；横梁

armn.臂；扶手；袖子n.武器；军种vt.武装；装备（复）arms: 军事行动；纹章；兵役.

beamvi.微笑；发光vt.播送；发射；用梁支撑n.桁条；光线；(光线的)束；(横)梁

1. The murderer was sentenced to the gallows.
   杀人犯被判处绞刑。
2. They did not send an innocent man to the gallows.
   被他们送上绞架的并不是一个无辜的人。
3. Only our brand of gallows humor saves us from utter despair.
   只有我们招牌式的黑色幽默把我们从完全的绝望中拯救出来。