guillotine
/ˈɡɪlətiːn//ˈɡɪləˌtin/
- n.
- 断头台，截断机，切除器
- vt.
- 用断头台斩首，用截断机切
中文释义来自 ECDICT
guillotine1词源 1
词源链
- 英语English
guillotine
词源说明
Borrowed from French guillotine, named after the French physician Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (1738–1814), who proposed its use for capital punishment.
释义
名词noun
- 1historical, also figurativelyA machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation, consisting of a tall upright frame from which is suspended a heavy diagonal
guillotine2词源 2
词源链
- 英语English
guillotine
词源说明
Borrowed from French guillotiner (“to execute with a guillotine, to guillotine”), from guillotine (see etymology 1) + -er (suffix forming infinitives of first-conjugation verbs).