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
1. to guillotine a bill
  限制议案的辩论时间

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.
1. 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。
VERB 把…送上断头台
If someoneis guillotined, they are killed with a guillotine.
1. 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。
切纸机
Aguillotineis a device used for cutting paper.

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
Synonym:closure by compartment

verb

kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine
1. The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country

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。
A guillotine was erected in the town square and a crowd began to gather around it.
一个断头台在市镇广场建立起来，人群开始聚集在它周围。
To the Guillotine all aristocrats!
把全部贵族都送上断头台！
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。
'You mean the Guillotine'.
你是说断头台吧。
He became more and more loved by the rough people of the Revolution. But the Guillotine continued to kill.
他越来越被那些粗鲁的革命者所喜爱了，但是断头台仍旧在杀人。
And I shall certainly go to see him beheaded on the guillotine, the wretch!
总有一天，我会看见你上断头台的，坏蛋！
The guillotine will soon strike off his dead.
他就要上断头台了。
But the death-carts have arrived, and the Guillotine has already begun its work.
可是死囚车已经到了，断头台已开始工作了。
Within twenty-four hours he died on the guillotine.
不出24小时，他就要死在断头台上。