柯林斯詞典gallows /?ɡ?l??z/ (gallows) 1. N-COUNT A gallows is a wooden frame used to execute criminals by hanging. 絞架 返回 gallows劍橋詞典a wooden structure used, especially in the past, to hang criminals from as a form of execution (= killing as a punishment ) （尤指舊時的）絞刑架 New witnesses have cast doubt on some of the evidence that sent the 19-year-old to the gallows. 新証人的出現(xiàn)，使得人們開始對判処這個19嵗年輕人死刑所依據(jù)的一些証據(jù)産生質(zhì)疑。 返回 gallows