gallows tree

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词形变化

gallows trees 复数 gallows trees

别名

gallow tree

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A tree used as a gallows, a tree from which people are hanged (killed by hanging).

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

gibbet

上位词 1

gallows

词源

From earlier gallow tree, from Middle English galowetre, galwe tree, from Old English gealgtrēow, equivalent to gallows + tree. Cognate with Danish galgetræ, Swedish galgträd, Norwegian galgetre, Icelandic gálgatré. Compare also West Frisian galgebeam, German Galgenbaum.

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