public executioner, mid-14c. (mid-13c. as a surname), from hang (v.) + man (n.). As the name of a spelling game, by 1951. Hangestere "female executioner" is found mid-15c.
雙語例句
1. He's facing the hangman's noose , ie waiting to be hanged.
他麵臨絞刑.
來自辭典例句
2. A hangman's noose had already been placed around his neck.
一個絞刑的繩圈已經套在他的脖子上.
來自辭典例句
3. The prisoner, his hands tied behind his back, was brought to the scene by the hangman.
劊子手把犯人帶到了刑場, 他的雙手綁在背後.
來自辭典例句
4. It was real; he was leaving there; he was free; he had cheated the hangman.
這是真的; 他要離開那裏了; 他現在自由了; 他已經死裏逃生.
來自辭典例句
5. Play hangman with your spelling words with a friend.