If someone is beheaded, their head is cut off, usually because they have been found guilty of a crime.
例句
Charles I was beheaded by the Cromwellians.查理一世被克倫威爾派斬首。
英漢詞典釋義
vt.
砍(某人的)頭;砍頭處決
The kidnappers had threatened to behead all four unless their jailed comrades were released.幫匪們曾經威脅說如果印度方面不釋放他們的同伙，他們就要將這四名人質全部斬首。He was beheaded for high treason.他因判國罪被砍頭。
英英詞典釋義
Verb
1. cut the head of;
"the French King was beheaded during the Revolution"