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.
实用例句
1. He's facing the hangman's noose , ie waiting to be hanged.
他面临绞刑.
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2. A hangman's noose had already been placed around his neck.
一个绞刑的绳圈已经套在他的脖子上.
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3. The prisoner, his hands tied behind his back, was brought to the scene by the hangman.
刽子手把犯人带到了刑场, 他的双手绑在背后.
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4. It was real; he was leaving there; he was free; he had cheated the hangman.
这是真的; 他要离开那里了; 他现在自由了; 他已经死里逃生.
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5. Play hangman with your spelling words with a friend.
