| 单词 | gallows |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['gæləuz] |
| 解释 | n. 绞刑架，绞台 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 绞刑架，绞台(an upright frame with a crossbeam and a rope, for hanging condemned persons) 【记】 分割记忆：gall(胆汁 )+low(低下)→胆小→ 让人惊 恐的东西→绞刑架 |
| 字源 | gallows (n.) c.1300, plural of Middle English galwe "gallows" (mid-13c.), from Old Norse galgi "gallows," or from Old English galga (Mercian), gealga (West Saxon) "gallows;" all from Proto-Germanic *galgon- "pole" (cognates: Old Frisian galga, Middle High German galge "gallows, cross," German Galgen "gallows," Gothic galga "cross"), from PIE *ghalgh- "branch, rod" (cognates: Lithuanian zalga "pole, perch," Armenian dzalk "pole"). In Old English, also used of the cross of the crucifixion. Plural because made of two poles. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 绞刑架 【记】gall(胆汁), low低－让人胆小的东西－绞刑架gall low s: 胆汁低下去s掉了－被执行绞刑－绞刑架 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】gall 胆汁 + low 低→胆汁低，胆小→看到绞刑架胆小；音：高楼死，高楼那么高的绞刑架掉下绞死；音：嗝喽死，犯人嗓子嗝喽一声被绳子绞死 |
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