English Dictionary

guillotine

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɡɪlətiːn/

名詞

未分類 比喩的用法 歴史的 広義

(historical, also figuratively) 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 on to the neck of the person to be executed; also, execution using this machine.

日本語の意味

ギロチン：首を切断することで死刑を執行するために使用される機械、その装置を用いた処刑方法

During the tour, the guide explained how the guillotine operated and why it became a symbol of the Revolution.

見学中、ガイドは断頭台がどのように作動したか、そしてなぜそれが革命の象徴になったのかを説明した。

意味（1）

(historical, also figuratively) 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 on to the neck of the person to be executed; also, execution using this machine.

For two-and-twenty years he [Joseph-Ignace Guillotin], unguillotined, shall hear nothing but guillotine, see nothing but guillotine; then dying, shall through long centuries wander, as it were, a disconsolate ghost, on the wrong side of Styx and Lethe; his name like to outlive [Julius] Cæsar’s.

意味（2）

A device or machine with a cutting blade.

guillotines （ plural ）