guillotine
- IPA[ˈɡɪlətiːn]
英式
- a machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading people.；a device for cutting that incorporates a descending or sliding blade, used typically for cutting paper, card, or sheet metal.
- execute (someone) by guillotine.；cut (paper, card, etc.) with a guillotine.
verb: guillotine, 3rd person present: guillotines, gerund or present participle: guillotining, past tense: guillotined, past participle: guillotined
noun: guillotine, plural noun: guillotines
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading people.
- ▪ a device for cutting that incorporates a descending or sliding blade, used typically for cutting paper, card, or sheet metal.
- ▪ a surgical instrument with a sliding blade used typically for the removal of the tonsils.
- ▪ (in parliament) a procedure used to prevent delay in the discussion of a legislative bill by fixing times at which various parts of it must be voted on a guillotine motion
動詞
- 1. execute (someone) by guillotine.
- ▪ cut (paper, card, etc.) with a guillotine.
- ▪ (in parliament) end discussion by applying a guillotine to (a bill or debate).
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- IPA[ˈɡiləˌtēn]
美式
- a machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading people.
- execute (someone) by guillotine.
Oxford American Dictionary
