| 单词 | decapitate |
| 释义 | decapitate (once / 4942 pages) v When the bad-tempered Queen of Hearts cried “off with their heads!” in Alice in Wonderland, she was ordering her henchmen to decapitate those who had offended her. The verb decapitate comes from Latin de ”away” or “down” and caput “head.” Don’t confuse it with kaput, a German word that means “broken” or destroyed.” Of course, if someone were to decapitate you, you’d be pretty well kaput. WORD FAMILYdecapitate: decapitated, decapitates, decapitating, decapitation+/decapitation: decapitations USAGE EXAMPLESEm Tempo newspaper reported that several decapitated bodies were thrown over the prison wall. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) In October, the court heard the appeal of Juan Carlos Rodriguez, who strangled and then decapitated his estranged wife. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) On one occasion, someone decapitated the teddy bears and other stuffed animals Bistreich kept on his desk. Seattle Times(Dec 07, 2016) v cut the head of Syn|Hypo|Hyper behead, decollate guillotine kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine kill cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly |
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