解释
- vt. 斩首；解雇；使无效
※ 提供单词"decapitate"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。
中文词源
decapitate 斩首
de-, 向下，砍下。-cap, 头，词源同chief, captain. 即砍头，斩首。
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.
例句和用法
- 1. To strangle or decapitate ( a fowl ).
- 勒死或斩首 ( 家禽 )
- 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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