capital punishment

短语
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死刑

发音

US

词形变化

capital punishments 复数 capital punishments

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The practice of putting a person to death as a punishment for a crime.

    死刑

    极刑

    死罪

    可数 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

execution death penalty

上位词 1

corporal punishment

下位词 6

hanging burning crucifixion beheading electrocution decapitation

词源

From the original meaning of capital (“relating to the head”); originally referring to executions by beheading or decapitating.

来源：wiktionary