| 单词 | guillotine |
| 释义 | guillotine n. & v. --n 1. a machine with a heavy knife-blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading. 2. a device for cutting paper, metal, etc. 3. a surgical instrument for excising the uvula etc. 4. Parl. a method of preventing delay in the discussion of a legislative bill by fixing times at which various parts of it must be voted on. --vtr. 1. use a guillotine on. 2. Parl. end discussion of (a bill) by applying a guillotine. Derivatives guillotiner n. Etymology: F f. J.-I. Guillotin, Fr. physician d. 1814, who recommended its use for executions in 1789 |
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