guillotine
US /ˈɡɪl.ə.tiːn/
UK /ˈɡɪl.ə.tiːn/
名詞
1.
斷頭台
a machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading people.
範例:
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During the French Revolution, many were executed by the guillotine.
法國大革命期間，許多人被斷頭台處決。
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The museum displayed an old model of a guillotine.
博物館展示了一個舊的斷頭台模型。
2.
裁紙刀, 剪板機
a device for cutting paper or sheet metal, with a hinged blade operated by a lever.
範例:
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He used a paper guillotine to trim the edges of the photographs.
他用一台裁紙刀修剪照片的邊緣。
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The metal shop had a large industrial guillotine for cutting steel sheets.
金屬車間有一台大型工業剪板機，用於切割鋼板。
動詞
1.
用斷頭台處決
to cut off someone's head with a guillotine.
範例:
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The revolutionaries threatened to guillotine the king.
革命者威脅要將國王送上斷頭台。
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Historically, this method was used to publicly guillotine criminals.
歷史上，這種方法被用來公開處決罪犯。
2.
裁切, 切割
to use a guillotine to cut paper or other materials.
範例:
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The printer needs to guillotine the stack of brochures to the correct size.
打印機需要將這疊小冊子裁切成正確的尺寸。
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The factory uses automated machines to guillotine large sheets of metal.
工廠使用自動化機器切割大塊金屬板。
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