noun🔗Share刽子手, 绞刑吏 An executioner responsible for hanging criminals."The old West town feared the hangman, whose job was to execute convicted murderers. "那个西部小镇的人们惧怕刽子手,他的工作是绞死被判刑的杀人犯。lawgovernmentjobpersonhistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share吊死鬼,猜字游戏 (games) A guessing game where one has to guess the word an opponent is thinking of by guessing one letter at a time, and involving the gradual drawing of a stick figure hanging from the gallows."During the long car ride, we played hangman to pass the time, trying to guess each other's words before the little stick figure was completely drawn. "在漫长的车程中,我们玩吊死鬼猜字游戏来打发时间,努力在小人被完全画出来之前猜中对方的词。gameentertainmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading