behead

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behead

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++be·head /bɪˈhed/ verb [transitive] SCCto cut off someone’s head as a punishment 将…斩首，杀…的头〔作为刑罚〕 Charles I was beheaded in 1649. 查理一世于1649年被斩首。→ See Verb table

be·head verbChineseSyllable

a head to off someone’s cut Corpus as

behead
be‧head /bɪˈhed/

verb [transitive]

Word Family: noun: head, heading, overhead, header, headship; adjective: overhead, heady, headless, headed; verb: head, behead; adverb: overhead

to cut off someone’s head as a punishment:

Charles I was beheaded in 1649.

be·head

BrE

/bɪˈhed/

NAmE

/bɪˈhed/

verb

present simple - I / you / we / they

behead

BrE

/bɪˈhed/

NAmE

/bɪˈhed/

present simple - he / she / it

beheads

BrE

/bɪˈhedz/

NAmE

/bɪˈhedz/

past simple

beheaded

BrE

/bɪˈhedɪd/

NAmE

/bɪˈhedɪd/

past participle

beheaded

BrE

/bɪˈhedɪd/

NAmE

/bɪˈhedɪd/

-ing form

beheading

BrE

/bɪˈhedɪŋ/

NAmE

/bɪˈhedɪŋ/

[usually passive]

~ sb

to cut off sb's head, especially as a punishment 斩首（尤指刑罚）

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