| 词汇 | guillotine |
| 释义 | guillotine noun uk /ˈɡɪl.ə.tiːn/ us /ˈɡɪl.ə.tiːn/ guillotinenoun (DEVICE)[ C or S ] a device, invented in France, consisting of a sharp blade in a tall frame, used in the past for killing criminals by cutting off their heads: （法国发明的）断头台 go to the guillotineKing Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette went to the guillotine (= were killed by the guillotine) during the French Revolution.法国大革命期间，国王路易十六和玛丽‧安托瓦尼特被推上了断头台。 koya79/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages [ C ]UK a device with a long sharp blade that is used for cutting large quantities of paper切纸机;裁切机 zefart/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Death penalties behead boot boots on the groundidiom burn capital offence capital punishment chair condemn death sentence death warrant decapitate decapitation firing squad gibbet hang hanging hangman hung stake the electric chair You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Tools guillotinenoun (LIMIT)[ C ] politics UKspecialized a limit on the amount of discussion allowed about a particular law in Parliament, made by setting a fixed time before a final vote must be taken（英国议会对法律议案的）规定截止辩论的时限 UK politics: legislation & law-making abolish abrogate abrogation amendment assemblyman constitutionally enact First Minister's Questions FMQs gold plate Green Paper hard Brexitidiom penal reform PMQs pocket veto presiding officer Prime Minister's Questions promulgate sanction writ guillotine verb[ T ] uk /ˈɡɪl.ə.tiːn/ us /ˈɡɪl.ə.tiːn/ guillotineverb[T] (KILL)to cut someone's head off using a guillotine: 在断头台上处决，将…推上断头台处死 During the French Revolution, thousands of people were guillotined.法国大革命期间，数以千计的人命丧断头台。 Death penalties behead boot boots on the groundidiom burn capital offence capital punishment chair condemn death sentence death warrant decapitate decapitation firing squad gibbet hang hanging hangman hung stake the electric chair guillotineverb[T] (LIMIT)politics UKspecialized to set a fixed time before a final vote must be taken on a particular law in Parliament: （英国议会对法律议案的）规定截止辩论的时限 The bill was guillotined at the committee stage.在委员会审议阶段，这项法案即遭限制。 UK politics: legislation & law-making abolish abrogate abrogation amendment assemblyman constitutionally enact First Minister's Questions FMQs gold plate Green Paper hard Brexitidiom penal reform PMQs pocket veto presiding officer Prime Minister's Questions promulgate sanction writ guillotine | American Dictionaryguillotine noun[ C ] us/ˈɡɪl·əˌtin//ˈɡi·əˌtin/ a device, invented in France, consisting of a sharp blade in a tall frame that was used for killing a person by cutting off his or her head guillotineverb[ T ]us/ˈɡɪl·əˌtin//ˈɡi·əˌtin/ During the French Revolution, thousands of people were guillotined. |
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