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guillotine/ˈɡiləti:n, ɡiləˈti:n/ n. & v.●n. 1 a machine with a heavy knife blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading 断头台 2 a device for cutting paper, metal, etc., by means of a descending blade 切纸机，(金属)截切机 3 a surgical instrument with a sliding blade for excising the tonsils etc. 铡除刀(用于切除扁桃体等的手术器具，带滑动刀片) 4 Brit. 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 [英] [议] (议会中)截止辩论的时限 ●v. tr. 1 use a guillotine on 用断头台处死；用切纸机或截切机切割 2 Brit. Parl. end discussion of (a bill) by applying a guillotine [英] [议] (议会中)截止辩论(某事) □ guillotiner n.[French, named after J.-I. Guillotin, French physician (d. 1814), who recommended its use for executions in 1789] |