Word · Frequency #16384
executioner
刽子手；行刑者；死刑执行人
executioner
- 1.
An official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal.
刽子手；执行死刑的官方人员。
- 2.
an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant
执行死刑的官员
- 3.
A hit man, especially being in some organization.
职业杀手,尤指属于某组织的杀手。
刽子手；执行死刑的官方人员。；执行死刑的官员；职业杀手,尤指属于某组织的杀手。；刽子手；[法] 死刑执行人；刽子手
In use
The executioner carried out the court's sentence at dawn.
In the old story, the executioner wore a black hood to hide his face.
People whispered that the executioner never showed mercy.
appoint someone executioner
任命类动词后的职位名词通常不带冠词。
The king appointed him executioner.
国王任命他为刽子手。
serve as executioner
介词 as 后表示职位时常省略冠词。
He served as executioner for the county.
他在该县担任行刑者。
the executioner of [place]
of 后接地点或机构，表示某处的行刑者。
Connections
Collocations
- the public executioner
- 公职刽子手；官方行刑者
- The public executioner carried out the sentence at dawn.公职刽子手在黎明时执行了判决。
- the executioner's axe
- 刽子手的斧头
- The executioner's axe was sharpened before the beheading.刽子手的斧头在斩首前磨好了。
- the executioner's block
- 刽子手的行刑木墩
- The prisoner knelt before the executioner's block.囚犯跪在刽子手的行刑木墩前。
- the executioner's hood
- 刽子手的头套
- The executioner wore a black hood to hide his identity.刽子手戴上黑色头套以隐藏身份。
- appoint an executioner
- 任命刽子手
- The court appointed a new executioner for the region.法庭为该地区任命了一名新的刽子手。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
执行(execute)处决的人加-er，就是刽子手：记住“execution”是处决，执行它的人即行刑者。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：historical texts、legal contexts、news reports、fiction 该词通常属于中性语域，不带明显正式或非正式色彩；多用于历史、法律、新闻等书面或正式场景，也可出现在虚构作品中。
Pronunciation & Spelling
真正同韵的词很少；execution 和 prosecution 都含有重读的 /kjuʃən/，但 execution 少了词尾 /ər/，prosecution 也不是完整韵脚。practitioner、petitioner、commissioner 词尾都读 /ʃənər/，但重音元音不同，不押韵。executor 拼写上很像（execut-），但读音是 /ɪɡˈzɛkjətər/，与 executioner /ˌɛksəˈkjuʃənər/ 不同。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.