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hangman
noun
uk /ˈhæŋ.mən//ˈhæŋ.mæn/ us /ˈhæŋ.mən//ˈhæŋ.mæn/plural-menuk /ˈhæŋ.mən/ us /ˈhæŋ.mən/
hangmannoun (PERSON)
[ C ]
a person whose job is to operate the device that kills criminals by hanging them from a rope by their necks执行绞刑者
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hangmannoun (GAME)
[ U ]
a word game in which one player has to guess a word that the other player has thought of, by guessing the letters in it. Every time they guess a wrong letter, part of a picture of a person being hanged is drawn, and if the picture is completed the person guessing has lost. 猜单词游戏，绞架猜字游戏
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