guillotine
英 [ˈɡɪlətiːn]
美 [ˈɡɪlətiːn]
n. 断头台(源于法国); 裁切机; 切纸机; (议会中)规定截止辩论的时限
v. 把(某人)送上断头台; (用切纸机)切,切断; (议会中)限制辩论时间
复数:guillotines 过去分词:guillotined 现在分词:guillotining 过去式:guillotined 第三人称单数:guillotines
BNC.16628 / COCA.20980
牛津词典
noun
- 断头台(源于法国)
a machine, originally from France, for cutting people's heads off. It has a heavy blade that slides down a wooden frame. - 裁切机;切纸机
a device with a long blade for cutting paper - (议会中)规定截止辩论的时限
the setting of a time limit on a debate in Parliament
verb
- 把(某人)送上断头台
to kill sb by cutting off their head with a guillotine - (用切纸机)切,切断
to cut paper using a guillotine - (议会中)限制辩论时间
to limit the amount of time spent discussing a new law in Parliament- to guillotine a bill
限制议案的辩论时间
- to guillotine a bill
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 断头台(尤见于旧时法国)
Aguillotineis a device used to execute people, especially in France in the past. A sharp blade was raised up on a frame and dropped onto the person's neck.- One after the other Danton, Robespierre and the rest went to the guillotine.
丹东、罗伯斯比尔以及其他人被逐一送上了断头台。
- One after the other Danton, Robespierre and the rest went to the guillotine.
- VERB 把…送上断头台
If someoneis guillotined, they are killed with a guillotine.- After Marie Antoinette was guillotined, her lips moved in an attempt to speak.
玛丽·安托瓦内特被送上断头台处决后,她的嘴唇动了动,想开口说话。
- After Marie Antoinette was guillotined, her lips moved in an attempt to speak.
- 切纸机
Aguillotineis a device used for cutting paper.
英英释义
noun
- instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles
- closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill
verb
- kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine
- The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country
双语例句
- As for the bishop, it was a shock to him to have beheld the guillotine.
至于主教,对他来说,看断头台行刑确是一种震动。 - Flush from their mid-term victory, they have flung themselves headlong into the guillotine of fiscal austerity.
他们对自己的中期胜利兴奋不已,轻率地就把自己送上了财政紧缩政策的断头台。 - 1792-Highwayman Nicolas J.Pelletier becomes the first person executed by guillotine.
1792年的今天,拦路抢匪尼古拉斯·J·帕利特尔成为首位被送上断头台的人。 - During the Reign of Terror hundreds were daily dispatched by the guillotine.
在大恐怖时期,每天有几百人被送上断头台。 - One after the other Danton, Robespierre and the rest went to the guillotine.
丹东、罗伯斯比尔以及其他人被逐一送上了断头台。 - Within twenty-four hours he died on the guillotine.
不出24小时,他就要死在断头台上。 - As for the Bishop, it was a shock to him to have beheld the guillotine, and it was a long time before he recovered from it.
至于主教,对他来说,看断头台行刑确是一种震动;过了许久,他才镇定下来。 - The invention of the guillotine was opportune to this mood.
断头台的发明恰好适合这种气氛。 - The Guillotine, that new machine of death, cut off the heads of many, many people& the powerful and the cruel, but also the beautiful, the innocent, and the good.
那座断头台&那新的死亡机器,砍掉了许许多多权贵和暴虐者的人头。但也有美丽、无辜且善良的人被斩首。 - He carefully places her with her back to the Guillotine, and she looks up gratefully into his face.
他小心地让她背对着断头台,她感激地抬头望着他的脸。
