guillotine的意思|guillotine的解释-里氏词典

guillotine ['gilәti:n]

n. 断头台, 截断机, 切除器

vt. 用断头台斩首, 用截断机切

[医] 铡除刀

To the Guillotine all aristocrats!
把全部贵族都送上断头台！
What will he do when the guillotine arrives?
然而，断头台还是到了。
Within twenty- four hours he died on the guillotine.
不出24小时，他就要死在断头台上。

guillotine

[ noun ]

closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill

<noun.communication>

instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people

<noun.artifact>

[ verb ]

kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine

<verb.contact>

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.

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.

2. Any machine or instrument for cutting or shearing,
resembling in its action a guillotine.

The guillotine, whose use was advocated by Dr. Joseph Guillotin during the French Revolution in preference to less humane methods, was first used in 1792.
The black-and-white ads cast the homeless as prisoners facing execution, their heads covered in bags before an imaginary killing. The 30- and 60-second commercials conclude with the shot of a falling guillotine blade.
Sir James, saying he was relieved Hoylake had been saved from "a time guillotine" by the Takeover Panel, added that he would be "happy and delighted to visit" with regulators "if they wish to see me."
Mr John Smith, the Labour leader, told Labour MPs in a letter that the guillotine procedure was 'indefensible'.
When the House Republican leader warned his GOP colleagues against a French Revolution mentality in which "evil Democrats" are hauled to the guillotine, some began humming the French national anthem.
How they have duped you." _ Madame Jeanne Roland's last words, addressed to a plaster statue of liberty set up near the guillotine.
On this date: In 1792, a highwayman named Nicolas-Jacques Pelletier became the first person under French law to be executed by the guillotine.
The government has in the past four years resorted 19 times to a guillotine motion under the constitution's Article 49-3 to pass legislation without a vote, a technique which has contributed to the Socialist party's unpopularity.
The guillotine, the "lovely invention" created by a humanitarian-minded doctor to make execution swift and painless, is celebrating its 200th birthday this year in official neglect.

您正在访问的是
中国词汇量第二的英语词典
更多精彩，登录后发现......

2005 - 2024 Dict.li Online Dictionary

验证码
用户名
密　码
	注册