柯林斯詞典guillotine /?ɡ?l??ti?n/ (guillotining,guillotined,guillotines) 1. N-COUNT A guillotine is 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. 斷頭臺[also 'by' N] One after the other Danton, Robespierre and the rest went to the guillotine. 丹東，羅伯斯庇爾和其他人一個接一個地上了斷頭臺。2. V-T If someone is guillotined, they are killed with a guillotine. 在斷頭臺処死[usu passive] After Marie Antoinette was guillotined, her lips moved in an attempt to speak. 瑪麗·安托瓦內(nèi)特在斷頭臺被処死後，她的嘴脣動了動，試圖要說話。3. N-COUNT A guillotine is a device used for cutting paper. 切紙機 返回 guillotine劍橋詞典 guillotine noun (DEVICE) [ 可數(shù)名詞：有複數(shù)形式的名詞 or 單數(shù)名詞 ] a device , invented in France, consisting of a sharp blade in a tall frame , used in the past for killing criminals by cutting off their heads （法國發(fā)明的）斷頭臺 King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette went to the guillotine (= were killed by the guillotine) during the French Revolution. 法國大革命期間，國王路易十六和瑪麗?安托瓦尼特被推上了斷頭臺。 [ 可數(shù)名詞：有複數(shù)形式的名詞 ] UK a device with a long sharp blade that is used for cutting large quantities of paper 切紙機；裁切機 guillotine noun (LIMIT) [ 可數(shù)名詞：有複數(shù)形式的名詞 ] politics UK specialized a limit on the amount of discussion allowed about a particular law in Parliament, made by setting a fixed time before a final vote must be taken （英國議會對法律議案的）槼定截止辯論的時限 返回 guillotine