Executioner
[eksɪ'kjuːʃ(ə)nə] or ['ɛksɪ'kjʊʃənɚ]
解释:
(n.) One who executes; an executer.
(n.) One who puts to death in conformity to legal warrant, as a hangman.
欧文整理
例句:
- He was coming up from the Piraeus outside the north wall, and he passed a spot where there were dead bodies lying by the executioner. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- Also it would seem he screamed when the executioner removed his bandages. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- As freely as ever victim forgave her executioner. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Who, taking his stand on the floor before them as chief executioner, would be attended by a conventional volunteer boy as executioner's assistant. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- A nod to the executioner was sufficient. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- If a person has the audacity to say the contrary, the answer is--Then why do criminals require the hand of the executioner, and not die of themselves? 柏拉图. 理想国.
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