guillotine
US /ˈɡɪl.ə.tiːn/
UK /ˈɡɪl.ə.tiːn/
名词
1.
断头台
a machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading people.
示例:
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During the French Revolution, many were executed by the guillotine.
法国大革命期间，许多人被断头台处决。
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The museum displayed an old model of a guillotine.
博物馆展示了一个旧的断头台模型。
2.
裁纸刀, 剪板机
a device for cutting paper or sheet metal, with a hinged blade operated by a lever.
示例:
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He used a paper guillotine to trim the edges of the photographs.
他用一台裁纸刀修剪照片的边缘。
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The metal shop had a large industrial guillotine for cutting steel sheets.
金属车间有一台大型工业剪板机，用于切割钢板。
动词
1.
用断头台处决
to cut off someone's head with a guillotine.
示例:
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The revolutionaries threatened to guillotine the king.
革命者威胁要将国王送上断头台。
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Historically, this method was used to publicly guillotine criminals.
历史上，这种方法被用来公开处决罪犯。
2.
裁切, 切割
to use a guillotine to cut paper or other materials.
示例:
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The printer needs to guillotine the stack of brochures to the correct size.
打印机需要将这叠小册子裁切成正确的尺寸。
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The factory uses automated machines to guillotine large sheets of metal.
工厂使用自动化机器切割大块金属板。
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