slaughter的意思

基本释义

• v 屠杀；屠宰

  to kill a lot of people in a cruel or violent way

• n 屠杀；屠宰

  when large numbers of people are killed in a cruel or violent way

例句

1. Men, women and children were slaughtered and villages destroyed.

   村庄被毁，男人、女人和儿童惨遭杀戮。

2. Lack of chicken feed means that chicken farms are having to slaughter their stock.

   饲料不足意味着养鸡场将不得不宰杀鸡。

3. the slaughter of defenceless women and children

   对毫无自卫能力的妇孺的杀戮

短语

• slaughter house 屠宰场

近义词

英英释义

noun 1. the killing of animals (as for food) 2. the savage and excessive killing of many people Synonym: massacremass murdercarnagebutchery 3. a sound defeat Synonym: thrashing, wallop, ing, de, ba verb 1. kill a large number of people indiscriminately e.g. The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda Synonym: massacremow down 2. kill (animals) usually for food consumption e.g. They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter Synonym: butcher

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