beheading

基本解释

FROM a corner of the room, Mr Darcy watched Elizabeth and her sisters work their way outward, beheading zombie after zombie as they went.
从房间的一个角落里，达西先生看见伊丽莎白和她的姐妹们向外面走去，她们走的时候斩首了一个接一个的僵尸。
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.
其实，上面那则动议的意思是：如果司法机构对某人判处死刑，那么对于此人而言，斩首就被认为是一种痛快、而且高贵的死法。
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.
比之带有浓重的中世纪色彩、将异端者斩首的理念，标榜生命、自由以及追求幸福的理念让人更易于接受。

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.