decapitate

英 [dɪ'kæpɪteɪt] 美[dɪ'kæpɪtet]
  • vt. 斩首;解雇;使无效

英英释义


1. cut the head of;
"the French King was beheaded during the Revolution"

实用场景例句


His decapitated body was found floating in a canal.
人们发现他被斩首的尸体漂浮在一条水渠里。

牛津词典

A worker was decapitated when a lift plummeted down the shaft on top of him...
电梯沿着电梯井垂直坠落,把一名工人砸得身首异处。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He recently decapitated a tramp on the London Underground.
他最近在伦敦地铁里将一个流浪汉的头砍了下来。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Today, those foreign countries are fearful of dollar inflation, which could decapitate their own bank reserves.
今天, 这些国家担心美元会通胀, 进而可能导致它们的银行储备严重缩水.

期刊摘选

To strangle or decapitate ( a fowl ).
勒死或斩首 ( 家禽 )

期刊摘选

中文词源


decapitate 斩首

de-, 向下,砍下。-cap, 头,词源同chief, captain. 即砍头,斩首。

双语例句


1. To strangle or decapitate ( a fowl ).
勒死或斩首 ( 家禽 )

来自互联网

2. Today, those foreign countries are fearful of dollar inflation, which could decapitate their own bank reserves.
今天, 这些国家担心美元会通胀, 进而可能导致它们的银行储备严重缩水.

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英文词源


decapitate (v.)
1610s, from French décapiter (14c.), from Late Latin decapitatus past participle of decapitare, from Latin de- "off" (see de-) + caput (genitive capitis) "head" (see capitulum). Related: Decapitated; decapitating.

词态变化


第三人称单数: decapitates;过去式: decapitated;过去分词: decapitated;现在分词: decapitating;名词: decapitation;