guillotine
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT A guillotine is 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. 斷頭臺[also 'by' N]
One after the other Danton, Robespierre and the rest went to the guillotine. 丹東，羅伯斯庇爾和其他人一個接一個地上了斷頭臺。
2. V-T If someone is guillotined, they are killed with a guillotine. 在斷頭臺処死[usu passive]
After Marie Antoinette was guillotined, her lips moved in an attempt to speak. 瑪麗·安托瓦內(nèi)特在斷頭臺被処死後，她的嘴脣動了動，試圖要說話。
3. N-COUNT A guillotine is a device used for cutting paper. 切紙機
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guillotine /?ɡ?l??ti?n/ (guillotining,guillotined,guillotines)
劍橋詞典
guillotine noun (DEVICE)
[ 可數(shù)名詞：有複數(shù)形式的名詞 or 單數(shù)名詞 ]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
（法國發(fā)明的）斷頭臺
King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette went to the guillotine (= were killed by the guillotine) during the French Revolution. 法國大革命期間，國王路易十六和瑪麗?安托瓦尼特被推上了斷頭臺。
[ 可數(shù)名詞：有複數(shù)形式的名詞 ] UK
a device with a long sharp blade that is used for cutting large quantities of paper
切紙機；裁切機
guillotine noun (LIMIT)
[ 可數(shù)名詞：有複數(shù)形式的名詞 ] politics UK specializeda 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
（英國議會對法律議案的）槼定截止辯論的時限 返回 guillotine