slaughter

英 ['slɔːtə(r)] 美 ['slɔːtər]

• n. 残杀；屠杀；大量杀戮
• v. 残杀；屠杀

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 屠杀,杀戮; 屠宰

   kill cruelly

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 屠杀
2. 屠宰
3. 残杀
4. <口>惨败
5. 消灭
6. 杀戮
7. 大减价
8. 大贱卖
9. 强烈谴责
10. 猛烈抨击
11. 伤亡
12. 宰杀
13. 大量杀戮

v. 动词

1. 屠杀
2. <口>使惨败
3. 消灭
4. 屠宰
5. 宰杀
6. 杀戮
7. 大减价
8. 大贱卖
9. 强烈谴责
10. 猛烈抨击
11. 杀伤
12. 歼灭
13. 使惨败
14. 大比分击败
15. 亏本出售
16. 彻底征服某人
17. 把某人在某项赛事中打败
18. 残杀

英英释义

Noun:

1. the killing of animals (as for food)

2. a sound defeat

3. the savage and excessive killing of many people

Verb:

1. kill (animals) usually for food consumption;

   "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter"
   

2. kill a large number of people indiscriminately;

   "The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. He had no strong feelings about human slaughter.
   他对人类残杀没有强烈的感情。
2. I am really terrified to witness the slaughter.
   我亲眼目睹这场屠杀，真是吓坏了。
3. Wholesale slaughter was carried out in the name of progress.
   大规模的屠杀在维护进步的名义下进行。
4. He waded through slaughter to the throne.
   他行杀戮而得王位。

用作动词 (v.)

1. Hundreds of innocent civilians were cruelly slaughtered.
   数百名无辜平民遭残杀。
2. Millions of cattle are slaughtered every day.
   每天有数百万头牛被屠杀。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. The invading army slaughtered a lot of people.
   侵略军杀了许多人。
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2. Millions of pigs are slaughtered every day.
   每天有数百万头的猪被屠宰。

经典引文

• Two weeks before slaughter, the chicken is penned up and fed corn.

  出自：Cook's Magazine

• Following their..leaders like lambs to the slaughter.

  出自：Daily Telegraph

词汇搭配

• slaughter calf 屠用犊牛
• slaughter house 屠场
• slaughter pig 屠宰税
• forced slaughter 强制宰杀
• wholesale slaughter [法] 大屠杀
• slaughter sheep 供宰羊
• humane slaughter 失知觉后屠宰,无痛屠...
• slaughter weight 屠宰体重
• slaughter cattle 供屠牛
• slaughter stock 供屠宰家畜
• slaughter room 屠宰车间
• compulsory slaughter 强制屠宰,强迫屠宰...
• casualty slaughter 伤残畜屠宰间,急宰间...
• slaughter animal 屠宰牲畜
• self-slaughter 自杀
• slaughter of the innocents 屠杀婴孩
• slaughter off the innocents 参照 massacre

词义辨析

v. (动词)

slaughter, butcher, kill, massacre

• 参见butcher条。

kill，murder，slaughter，massacre，assassinate，execute

• 这些动词均有“杀、杀死”之意。
• kill普通用词，含义广泛，泛指以任何方式使人、动物或植物死亡。
• murder指谋杀或凶杀。
• slaughter本义指大批宰杀动物，也指像屠宰牲畜一样一次杀死许多人。
• massacre语气比slaughter强。指大屠杀，尤指屠杀失去了自卫能力的人。
• assassinate通常指因政治原因用非法手段杀害政治领袖人物或知名人士。
• execute指依法处死罪犯。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古斯堪的那维亚语的slatr，意为屠宰肉。

近反义词

【近义词】

• kill
• massacre