gallows [gallows](wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging) noun [UK: ˈɡæ.ləʊz] [US: ˈɡæloʊz]
絞架幽默 noun
gallows humor(comedy that still manages to be funny in the face of a perfectly hopeless situation) noun [UK: ˈɡæ.ləʊz ˈhjuː.mə(r)] [US: ˈɡæloʊz ˈhjuː.mər]