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单词 butchery
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butchery

[ booch-uh-ree ]
/ ˈbʊtʃ ə ri /
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noun, plural butch·er·ies.

a slaughterhouse.
brutal or wanton slaughter of animals or humans; carnage.
the trade or business of a butcher.
the act of bungling or botching.

Origin of butchery

1300–50; Middle English bocherie<Anglo-French, Middle French boucherie.See butcher, -y3

Words nearby butchery

butcher paper, butcher's, butcher's-broom, butcher shop, butcher's saw, butchery, butch haircut, butchy, bute, Butenandt, butene
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British Dictionary definitions for butchery

butchery
/ (ˈbʊtʃərɪ) /

noun plural -eries

the business or work of a butcher
wanton and indiscriminate slaughter; carnage
a less common word for slaughterhouse
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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