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gibbet n. 枭首台,绞首台,绞刑
vt. 枭首示众,当众侮辱或嘲弄,处绞刑 枭首台,绞首台,绞刑枭首示众,当众侮辱或嘲弄,处绞刑 gibbet n 1: alternative terms for gallows [synonym: {gallows tree}, {gallows-tree}, {gibbet}, {gallous}] v 1: hang on an execution instrument 2: expose to ridicule or public scorn [synonym: {pillory}, {gibbet}] Gibbet \Gib"bet\, n. [OE. gibet, F. gibet, in OF. also club, fr.
LL. gibetum;; cf. OF. gibe sort of sickle or hook, It. giubbetto gibbet, and giubbetta, dim. of giubba mane, also, an under waistcoat, doublet, Prov. It. gibba (cf. {Jupon}); so that it perhaps originally signified a halter, a rope round the neck of malefactors; or it is, perhaps, derived fr. L. gibbus hunched, humped, E. gibbous; or cf. E. jib a sail.] [1913 Webster] 1. A kind of gallows; an upright post with an arm projecting from the top, on which, formerly, malefactors were hanged in chains, and their bodies allowed to remain as a warning. [1913 Webster] 2. The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib. [1913 Webster] Gibbet \Gib"bet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gibbeted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gibbeting}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To hang and expose on a gibbet. [1913 Webster] 2. To expose to infamy; to blacken. [1913 Webster] I'll gibbet up his name. --Oldham. [1913 Webster]
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