英语词汇guillotine的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

guillotine. Dr. Joseph Ignace Guillotin (1738–1814) did not invent the guillotine, did not die by the guillotine, and all his life futilely tried to detach his name from the height reducer. The confusion began on October 10, 1789, when the eminent Parisian physician, a member of the National Assembly dur- ing the French Revolution, the Revolution, suggested that a “merciful” beheading device replace the clumsy sword and de- grading rope then used by French executioners. Dr. Guillotin remained in the public’s mind for his eloquent speech and one of many popular songs about the new machine claimed that he had invented it. Not much time passed before “La Louisette” (this name honoring its real inventor, Dr. Antoine Louis) lost out to La machine Guillotine, Madame Guillotine, and then guillotine itself. After his death, Guillotin’s children petitioned the French government to change the name of the guillotine, but won only permission to change their own names. See terrorist.

词汇	guillotine
词源	guillotine. Dr. Joseph Ignace Guillotin (1738–1814) did not invent the guillotine, did not die by the guillotine, and all his life futilely tried to detach his name from the height reducer. The confusion began on October 10, 1789, when the eminent Parisian physician, a member of the National Assembly dur- ing the French Revolution, the Revolution, suggested that a “merciful” beheading device replace the clumsy sword and de- grading rope then used by French executioners. Dr. Guillotin remained in the public’s mind for his eloquent speech and one of many popular songs about the new machine claimed that he had invented it. Not much time passed before “La Louisette” (this name honoring its real inventor, Dr. Antoine Louis) lost out to La machine Guillotine, Madame Guillotine, and then guillotine itself. After his death, Guillotin’s children petitioned the French government to change the name of the guillotine, but won only permission to change their own names. See terrorist.
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