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    decapitate

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++de·cap·i·tate /dɪˈkæpɪteɪt/ verb [transitive]  KILLto cut off someone’s head 砍…的头，把…斩首 → behead a decapitated body 一具无头尸体 —decapitation /dɪˌkæpɪˈteɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]→ See Verb table
    Examples from the Corpus
    decapitate• The boy reached for a chopper and began briskly to decapitate the birds.• As a 10-year-old kid Pauline used a stolen acetylene torch to decapitate the globe of a gumball machine.    Origin decapitate (1600-1700) Late Latin decapitatus, from Latin caput “head”
    de·cap·i·tate verbChineseSyllable
    cut Corpus someone’s to off head


    decapitate
    de‧cap‧i‧tate /dɪˈkæpəteɪt, dɪˈkæpɪteɪt/ verb [transitive]
     Date: 1600-1700
     Language: Late Latin
     Origin: decapitatus, from Latin caput __head__
    to cut off someone’s head ⇨ behead:
        a decapitated body
    —decapitation /dɪˌkæpəˈteɪʃən, dɪˌkæpɪˈteɪʃən/ noun [uncountable and countable]


    de·capi·tateBrE /dɪˈkæpɪteɪt/ 🔊NAmE /dɪˈkæpɪteɪt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they decapitate BrE /dɪˈkæpɪteɪt/ 🔊 NAmE /dɪˈkæpɪteɪt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it decapitates BrE /dɪˈkæpɪteɪts/ 🔊 NAmE /dɪˈkæpɪteɪts/ 🔊past simple decapitated BrE /dɪˈkæpɪteɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /dɪˈkæpɪteɪtɪd/ 🔊past participle decapitated BrE /dɪˈkæpɪteɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /dɪˈkæpɪteɪtɪd/ 🔊 -ing form decapitating BrE /dɪˈkæpɪteɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /dɪˈkæpɪteɪtɪŋ/ 🔊~ sb/sth to cut off sb's head 杀头；斩首 SYN behead ◆His decapitated body was found floating in a canal. 人们发现他被斩首的尸体漂浮在一条水渠里。🔊🔊▸ de·capi·ta·tion BrE /dɪˌkæpɪˈteɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /dɪˌkæpɪˈteɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable, countable]