1640s, from French décapitation, from Medieval Latin decapitationem (nominative decapitatio), noun of action from past participle stem of Late Latin decapitare (see decapitate).
双语例句
1. The penalty for masturbation in Indonesia is decapitation.
在印度尼西亚,**者要被杀头.
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2. Far from satiating voters'thirst for blood, the speaker's decapitation may have whetted it.
选民的嗜血心态远远未得到满足, 议长的撤换只是进一步刺激了这一渴望.
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3. Israel's decapitation of Hamas will further weaken whatever influence Hamas had over them.
