gibbet

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display.
    — Near-synonym: gallows
  2. The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended.
  3. A human-shaped structure made of iron bands designed to publicly display the corpse of an executed criminal.
动词 v.
  1. To execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet. transitive
    — The same animal which hath the honour to have some part of his flesh eaten at the table of a duke, may perhaps be degraded in another part, and some of his limbs gibbeted, as it were, in the vilest stall in town. Where, then, lies the difference between the food of the nobleman and the porter, if both are at dinner on the same ox or calf, but in the seasoning, the dressing, the garnishing, and the setting forth?
  2. To expose (someone) to ridicule or scorn. transitive

词形变化

gibbets plural gibbets present,singular,third-person gibbeting participle,present gibbetting participle,present gibbeted participle,past gibbeted past gibbetted participle,past gibbetted past

词汇关系

衍生词
gibbetlike
相关词
flibberty-gibbet

词源

词源 1
From Middle English gibet, from Old French gibet (French gibet), either from Frankish *gibb (“forked stick”) or from Latin gibbus (“hunchbacked”).
词源 2
From Middle English gibet, from Old French gibet (French gibet), either from Frankish *gibb (“forked stick”) or from Latin gibbus (“hunchbacked”).
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