1640s, from French décapitation, from Medieval Latin decapitationem (nominative decapitatio), noun of action from past participle stem of Late Latin decapitare (see decapitate).
雙語例句
1. The penalty for masturbation in Indonesia is decapitation.
在印度尼西亞,自慰者要被殺頭.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
2. Far from satiating voters'thirst for blood, the speaker's decapitation may have whetted it.