gallows

n.

绞刑架；

复数：gallows

gallows humor 充满怨恨的幽默；化解严重场面或僵局的幽默（等于gallows humour）

1. The murderer was sentenced to the gallows.
   杀人犯被判处绞刑。
2. They did not send an innocent man to the gallows.
   被他们送上绞架的并不是一个无辜的人。
3. Only our brand of gallows humor saves us from utter despair.
   只有我们招牌式的黑色幽默把我们从完全的绝望中拯救出来。

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