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guillotine 音标拼音: [g'ɪlət ,in] [g'ijət ,in] n. 断头台,截断机,切除器
vt. 以断头台斩首,以截断机切 断头台,截断机,切除器以断头台斩首,以截断机切 guillotine n 1: closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill [ synonym: { closure by compartment}, { guillotine}] 2: instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people v 1: kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; " The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country" Guillotine \ Guil" lo* tine`\ ( g[ i^] l` l[- o]* t[= e] n"), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Guillotined}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Guillotining}.] [ Cf. F. guillotiner.] To behead with the guillotine. [ 1913 Webster]
Guillotine \ Guil" lo* tine`\ ( g[ i^] l" l[- o]* t[= e] n`), n. [ F., from Guillotin, a French physician, who proposed, in the Constituent Assembly of 1789, to abolish decapitation with the ax or sword. The instrument was invented by Dr. Antoine Louis, and was called at first { Louison} or { Louisette}. Similar machines, however, were known earlier.] 1. A machine for beheading a person by one stroke of a heavy ax or blade, which slides in vertical guides, is raised by a cord, and let fall upon the neck of the victim. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Any machine or instrument for cutting or shearing, resembling in its action a guillotine. [ 1913 Webster] 72 Moby Thesaurus words for " guillotine": ax, behead, beheading, block, bowstring, burn, burning, capital punishment, cloture, cloture by compartment, cross, crucifixion, crucify, death chair, death chamber, decapitate, decapitation, decollate, decollation, defenestrate, defenestration, drop, electric chair, electrocute, electrocution, execute, execution, fusillade, gallows, gallows- tree, garrote, gas chamber, gassing, gibbet, halter, hanging, head, hemlock, hemp, hempen collar, hot seat, inflict capital punishment, judicial murder, kangaroo cloture, lapidate, lapidation, lethal chamber, maiden, necktie party, noose, poisoning, put to death, rope, scaffold, shoot, shooting, stake, stem, stone, stoning, strangle, strangling, strangulation, the ax, the block, the chair, the gallows, the gas chamber, the guillotine, the hot seat, the rope, tree
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