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guil.lo.tine DEVICEHgIl7E7ti:n, $-ti:nna device, invented in France, consisting of a sharp blade in a tall frame which was used in the past for killing criminals by cutting off their heads断头台A guillotine was erected in the town square and a crowd began to gather around it. [C]一个断头台在市镇广场建立起来，人群开始聚集在它周围。King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette went to the guillotine (= were killed by the guillotine) during the French Revolution. [U]国王路易十六和玛丽·安托瓦内特在法国大革命中被送上断头台。(Br and Aus) A guillotine is also a device with a long sharp blade which is used for cutting large quantities of paper. [C]切纸机
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