headsman

headsman — 名詞

  • headsmansingular
  • headsmenplural

1. a person whose official job in the past was to cut off the head of someone who h

1.名詞C1
釋義

劊子手

古代負責斬首的行刑者

a person whose official job in the past was to cut off the head of someone who had been sentenced to death

例句

The headsman raised his axe before the silent crowd gathered in the town square.

劊子手在城鎮廣場上寂靜的人群面前舉起了他的斧頭。

headsman raised + axe (action collocation)

In Tudor times, the headsman at the Tower of London executed people convicted of treason.

都鐸王朝時期，倫敦塔的劊子手負責處決被判叛國罪的人。

headsman at [place] executed [offence]

常見搭配
  • hooded headsman
  • headsman raised his axe
  • the king's headsman
  • headsman at the Tower
同義詞
  • executioner

    general term for anyone who carries out a death sentence; broader than 'headsman'

  • hangman

    specifically executes by hanging rather than by beheading

用法筆記

This term is historical and appears mostly in descriptions of medieval or early modern punishment. In modern English, 'executioner' is the usual word.

常見錯誤

The headsman hanged the prisoner.
The headsman beheaded the prisoner.
'headsman' specifically refers to beheading, not hanging.

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常見搭配

常用片語

  • the king's headsman
  • hooded headsman
  • headsman's axe
  • headsman's block