guillotine
n. 断头台, 截断机, 切除器 vt. 用断头台斩首, 用截断机切
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教材释义与例句
断头台；切纸机；截止辩论以付表决法
于断头台斩首；终止辩论将议案付诸表决
释义与例句
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1.
A machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation, consisting of a tall upright frame from which is suspended a heavy diagonal-edged blade which is dropped onto the neck of the person to be executed; also, execution using this machine.
断头台
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2.
A device or machine with a cutting blade.
A device used for cutting the pages of books, stacks of paper, etc., to straight edges, usually by means of a hinged or sliding blade attached to a flat platform.
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3.
A device or machine with a cutting blade.
An instrument with a sliding blade for cutting the tonsils, uvula, or other body parts.
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4.
A parliamentary procedure for fixing the dates when various stages of discussion of a bill must end, to ensure that the enactment of the bill proceeds expeditiously.
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A legislative motion that debate be ended and a vote taken; a cloture.
美国 非正式 政治 法律 引申义
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1.
To use a guillotine (on someone or something).
To execute (someone) with a guillotine.
比喻 及物Many counterrevolutionaries were guillotined during the French Revolution.
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To use a guillotine (on someone or something).
To cut or trim (a body part, a stack of paper, etc.) with a guillotine.
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To end discussion (about a parliamentary bill or part of one) by invoking a guillotine procedure.
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To end (a legislative debate) by invoking cloture.
美国 非正式 及物 政治 法律
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Borrowed from French guillotine, named after the French physician Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (1738–1814), who proposed its use for capital punishment.
来源：wiktionary