dry guillotine

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Forced deportation to a penal colony, especially as a punishment during the French Revolution. historical,slang,uncountable
    — Nor could they forget the 200-odd priests massacred in the Paris prisons in September 1792, [...] or the 118 who never came back from the dry guillotine that was French Guiana.

词源

As an alternative (and bloodless) punishment to the guillotine.
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