gallows

絞刑架、絞台形式為複數但常作單數用

The old prison still has a wooden gallows in the yard.

那座舊監獄的院子裡還留著一座木製絞刑架。

絞刑、絞死常用 the gallows

Back then, stealing a horse could send a man to the gallows.

在當時，偷一匹馬就可能讓人被處以絞刑。

黑色幽默的、苦中作樂的多用於 gallows humor

Nurses in the emergency room often rely on gallows humor.

急診室的護理人員常靠黑色幽默撐過來。