beheading

基本解釋

FROM a corner of the room, Mr Darcy watched Elizabeth and her sisters work their way outward, beheading zombie after zombie as they went.
從房間的一個角落里，達西先生看見伊麗莎白和她的姐妹們向外面走去，她們走的時候斬首了一個接一個的僵尸。
Well what it meant was that beheading was thought of as a quick and noble way to die, if the machinery of justice had decided that you had to die.
其實，上面那則動議的意思是：如果司法機構對某人判處死刑，那么對于此人而言，斬首就被認為是一種痛快、而且高貴的死法。
A brand that stands for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is an easier sell than a brand that stands for beheading unbelievers and reviving the Middle Ages.
比之帶有濃重的中世紀色彩、將異端者斬首的理念，標榜生命、自由以及追求幸福的理念讓人更易于接受。

One Islamist website gloated over this week's videotaped beheading of an American captive in Iraq.
ECONOMIST: Iraq and the Arab world

If someone is beheaded, their head is cut off, usually because they have been found guilty of a crime.