gallows

There's a thief hanging on the gallows out there, and I'll cut his hand off; which hand was it?

我想办法帮你渡过难关.外面绞刑架上吊着一个小偷.我去把他的手切下来.哪只手呢?""

Richard Crowninshield thought he would avoid the gallows—and might well have—had Joe Knapp not confessed his role in the plot to the Rev. Colman.

理查德·克劳宁希尔德以为自己能逃脱绞刑——事实也的确如此，因为乔·克纳普不承认他先前对科尔曼神父的供词。