guillotine

斷頭台

The guillotine became a symbol of the French Revolution.

斷頭台成了法國大革命的象徵。

裁紙機、切紙刀英式

She trimmed the photographs neatly with an office guillotine.

她用辦公室的裁紙機把照片裁得整整齊齊。

限時表決、辯論終結英式；政治

The government used a guillotine to end debate on the bill.

政府動用限時表決，結束了該法案的辯論。

用斷頭台處死、斬首常用被動

Hundreds of prisoners were guillotined during those violent months.

在那幾個月的動亂中，數百名囚犯被送上斷頭台處死。

限時表決、強行終結辯論英式；政治

The debate was guillotined after only three hours.

辯論僅進行三小時就被強行終結。