gallows bird

短语

应受绞刑的人 [法] 应受绞刑的人

词形变化

gallows birds 复数

别名

gallows-bird

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person who deserves, or is likely, to be hanged.

    古体

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

villain scoundrel

词源

From gallows + bird. Compare German construction Galgenvogel (literally “gallows-fowl" or "gallows-bird”), and French gibier de potence, as well as similar English jailbird.

来源：wiktionary