Word · Frequency #16384
executioner
刽子手;行刑者;死刑执行人
核心释义
executioner
- 1.
刽子手;执行死刑的官方人员。
An official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal.
- 2.
执行死刑的官员
an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant
- 3.
职业杀手,尤指属于某组织的杀手。
A hit man, especially being in some organization.
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
用法In use
The executioner carried out the court's sentence at dawn.
用法提示:executioner 作名词,指执行死刑的刽子手。
In the old story, the executioner wore a black hood to hide his face.
用法提示:executioner 是名词,表示行刑者。
People whispered that the executioner never showed mercy.
用法提示:executioner 为名词,指刽子手。
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.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧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。
语境与语域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。
发音与拼写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。
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