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guillotine

noun
🔊/ˈɡɪlətiːn/
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  1. [countable] a machine, originally from France, for cutting people’s heads off. It has a heavy blade that slides down a wooden frame.断头台（源于法国）
    • He was sent to the guillotine in January 1793.1793年1月，他被送上断头台。
    Topics Crime and punishmentc2
  2. (British English) [countable] a device with a long blade for cutting paper or sheets of metal 裁切机；切纸机compare paper cutter
  3. [singular] (British English, politics政治) the setting of a time limit on a debate in Parliament（议会中）规定截止辩论的时限
    4. Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French, named after Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (1738–1814), the French physician who recommended its use for executions in 1789.

guillotine

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they guillotine
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he / she / it guillotines
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past simple guillotined
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past participle guillotined
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-ing form guillotining
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  1. guillotine somebody to kill somebody by cutting off their head with a guillotine把（某人）送上断头台
    • Thousands of aristocrats were guillotined during the French Revolution.法国大革命期间，成千上万的贵族被断头台。
  2. guillotine something (British English) to cut paper using a guillotine（用切纸机）切，切断
  3. guillotine something (British English, politics政治) to limit the amount of time spent discussing a new law in Parliament（议会中）限制辩论时间
    • to guillotine a bill限制议案的辩论时间
    4. Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French, named after Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (1738–1814), the French physician who recommended its use for executions in 1789.