gallows

绞刑架、绞台形式为复数但常作单数用

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

那座旧监狱的院子里还留著一座木制绞刑架。

绞刑、绞死常用 the gallows

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

在当时，偷一匹马就可能让人被处以绞刑。

黑色幽默的、苦中作乐的多用于 gallows humor

Nurses in the emergency room often rely on gallows humor.

急诊室的护理人员常靠黑色幽默撑过来。