guillotine是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 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 -- （法国发明的）断头台

  • King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette went to the guillotine (= were killed by the guillotine) during the French Revolution. 法国大革命期间，国王路易十六和玛丽‧安托瓦尼特被推上了断头台。

• 1 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 -- （英国议会对法律议案的）规定截止辩论的时限

• 2 to cut someone's head off using a guillotine -- 在断头台上处决，将…推上断头台处死

  • During the French Revolution, thousands of people were guillotined. 法国大革命期间，数以千计的人命丧断头台。

• 3 to set a fixed time before a final vote must be taken on a particular law in Parliament -- （英国议会对法律议案的）规定截止辩论的时限

  • The bill was guillotined at the committee stage. 在委员会审议阶段，这项法案即遭限制。