guillotine
美音:
[´gılə´ti:n
]英音:
[´gılə´ti:n
]n.断头台,(切纸的)闸刀 v.处斩刑,切(纸)
难易程度:
guillotine为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:guillotined 过去分词:guillotined 现在分词:guillotining 第三人称单数:guillotines
guillotine
/'gɪləti:n; `ˇɪlə,tin/
n
1 machine of French origin for cutting people's heads off, consisting of a heavy blade which slides in grooves and is dropped from a height (源于法国的)断头台.
2 machine with a long blade for cutting or trimming large quantities of paper (eg in book-binding) or for cutting metal 切纸机(如用于书籍装订者); (金属)截切机. =>illus 见插图.
3 (fig Brit politics 比喻, 政) setting of a time limit for discussion of a bill in Parliament so as to prevent it being obstructed by too much debate (议会中)截止辩论的时限. Cf 参看 closure 2.
v [Tn] use the guillotine on (sb/sth) 用断头台处死(某人); 用切纸机或切截机切割(某物); (议会中)截止辩论(某事).