Word · Frequency #20435
beheading
斩首；砍头
beheading is the present participle of behead.
核心释义
to deliberately remove someone's head; to cut off someone's head
- 1.
故意砍掉某人的头；斩首。
To deliberately remove the head of; to cut off (someone's) head.
故意砍掉某人的头；斩首。；斩首；砍头
用法In use
The executioner beheaded the prisoner with a single stroke.
用法提示：动词过去式“beheaded”表示“斩首”的动作。
In medieval times, traitors were often beheaded in public.
用法提示：被动语态“were beheaded”表示被斩首。
The king ordered his enemies to be beheaded without trial.
用法提示：不定式被动“to be beheaded”表示被斩首。
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。
be sb beheaded
被动语态，强调被斩首者。
He was beheaded for his crimes.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- behead a prisoner
- 斩首囚犯
- The executioner prepared to behead the prisoner.刽子手准备将囚犯斩首。
- beheaded for treason
- 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。
- condemned to be beheaded
- 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。
- public beheading
- 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。
- ritual beheading
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想：behead 里藏着 head（头），be- 像“被”去掉，头被去掉就是斩首。
语境与语域Context & Register
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。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
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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