Gallows humor
n. 充满怨恨的幽默
🧩 词语组成解析
gallows
['gæləuz]
n. 绞刑架;
humor
['hju:mə]
n. 幽默，心情，诙谐;
vt. 迎合，牵就，顺应;
🗣️ 情景例句
I can't expect you to take my side against Boswell.
我不敢期望你站在我这一边来对抗Boswell。
Excuse me I couldn't write you sooner.
对不起我不能尽快给你写信。
Only when he saw that the man was actually telephoning the police did he realize that they had all been the victims of a hoax.
当他看到那个工人真的是给警察挂电话，才恍然大悟，原来他们都成一场骗局的受害者。