The gallows is the wooden frame used to kill a person by hanging: a rope, a drop, a body.

The gallows絞刑架 is就是 the wooden frame used to kill a person by hanging用來吊死人的木頭架子：a rope一條繩子，a drop一次下墜，a body一具屍體。

English says the gallows even for one structure, because the old word was a plural — probably the upright beam and the cross-beam together, like bellows, which is also plural-shaped.

English英文 says the gallows even for one structure即使只有一座架子，也說the gallows，because the old word was a plural因為這個舊字原本是複數形式——probably大概是 the upright beam and the cross-beam together指直立的柱子跟橫樑合起來算，like bellows就像bellows（風箱）一樣，which is also plural-shaped那個字形也是複數樣子。

People also say someone was sent to the gallows, meaning sentenced to be hanged.

People也有人會 say someone was sent to the gallows說某人被送上了絞刑台，meaning sentenced to be hanged意思是被判處絞刑。

It is a grim word from law and history. You meet it in stories, films, and museums, not in ordinary life in Taiwan.

It is a grim word from law and history是個來自法律和歷史、氣氛陰森的字。You meet it你會在 stories, films, and museums故事、電影和博物館裡遇到它，not in ordinary life in Taiwan但不會出現在台灣的日常生活中。

Though actually we still say gallows humour for jokes made in a dark or hopeless moment — people stretching the old killing-frame into a way of talking about grim laughter.

Though actually不過其實，we still say gallows humour我們還是會說gallows humour（絞刑架幽默） for jokes made in a dark or hopeless moment指在黑暗或絕望時刻講的笑話——people stretching the old killing-frame into a way of talking about grim laughter人們把這個古老的殺人架子延伸成了一種形容陰鬱笑聲的說法。