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behead sb
直接接宾语，表示对某人执行斩首。
The executioner beheaded the traitor.
刽子手斩首了叛徒。
斩首；砍头
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
斩首；砍头
to deliberately remove someone's head; to cut off someone's head
The executioner beheaded the traitor.
刽子手斩首了叛徒。
故意砍掉某人的头；斩首。
To deliberately remove the head of; to cut off (someone's) head.
behead
Base
原形
beheads
3rd person
第三人称单数
beheading
-ing
现在分词
beheaded
Past
过去式
beheaded
Past participle
过去分词
The executioner beheads the prisoner.
刽子手斩首囚犯。
The king beheaded the traitor.
国王斩首了叛徒。
The warrior has beheaded his enemy.
战士已经斩首了他的敌人。
常规动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
The executioner beheaded the prisoner with a single stroke.
刽子手一刀砍下了囚犯的头。
In medieval times, traitors were often beheaded in public.
在中世纪，叛徒常常被当众斩首。
The king ordered his enemies to be beheaded without trial.
国王下令不经审判就斩首他的敌人。
直接接宾语，表示对某人执行斩首。
The executioner beheaded the traitor.
刽子手斩首了叛徒。
被动语态，强调被斩首者。
He was beheaded for his crimes.
他因罪行被斩首。
使用工具或方式完成斩首。
The warrior beheaded his enemy with a single stroke of his sword.
战士用一剑斩首了他的敌人。
Not this
He was behead in the execution.
Use this
He was beheaded in the execution.
behead 是动词原形，被动语态需用过去分词 beheaded。
Not this
They beheaded his head.
Use this
They beheaded him.
behead 已包含‘砍头’义，his head 多余；直接接人即可。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
斩首囚犯
The executioner prepared to behead the prisoner.
刽子手准备将囚犯斩首。
因叛国罪被斩首
The rebel leader was beheaded for treason.
叛军首领因叛国罪被斩首。
被判处斩首
He was condemned to be beheaded in the town square.
他被判处在小镇广场斩首。
公开斩首
Public beheading was outlawed in the late 19th century.
公开斩首在19世纪末被取缔。
仪式性砍头
Some ancient texts describe the ritual beheading of defeated kings.
一些古代文献描述了战败国王被仪式性砍头的情形。
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联想：behead 里藏着 head（头），be- 像“被”去掉，头被去掉就是斩首。
语域：neutral 常见场景：历史叙述、新闻报道、法律/死刑记录 behead 本身不带明显口语色彩，多用于新闻报道、历史叙述等书面语境；日常口语中较少单独使用，更常说 cut off someone's head。
Words ending in /ɛd/ rhyme with behead /bɪˈhɛd/: head /hɛd/, ahead /əˈhɛd/, bread /brɛd/, dead /dɛd/. Caution: health /hɛlθ/ and heavy /ˈhɛvi/ look similar because they start with hea-, but they sound different and do not rhyme.
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