| 单词 | holocaust |
| 释义 | holocaust (once / 10658 pages) n The noun holocaust means "total destruction." However, this word has become inextricably connected with World War II and the mass murder of Jews by the Nazis (in this usage, Holocaust is capitalized). When holocaust entered the English language in the thirteenth century, it referred to burnt offerings described in the Old Testament. The original Greek word meant "burnt whole" (note the relationship to the word caustic). Since at least 1942, though, the word is most often used to describe the extermination of Jews by the Nazis. Some people object to the religious connotations of the word, though, preferring to use the Hebrew Shoah (catastrophe) instead. WORD FAMILYholocaust: holocausts USAGE EXAMPLESHis career, he wrote, was “divided between pursuing the dream of discovery and working to avoid the nightmare of a nuclear holocaust.” Washington Post(Dec 24, 2016) AdSense helpfully suggested possible “Ad group ideas” and search terms that included: “holocaust hoax”, “was the holocaust fake” and “did the holocaust happen”. The Guardian(Dec 17, 2016) We had to be on America’s, but for a day or two we feared a nuclear holocaust unless Khrushchev backed off. The Guardian(Nov 26, 2016) n an act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire) a nuclear holocaust Hyper destruction, devastation the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists Holocaust (once / 7960 pages) n WORD FAMILY Holocaust: Holocausts USAGE EXAMPLESHis parents were refugees from Nazi Germany; his father’s mother died in the Holocaust. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) Decades after World War II, the U.S. established the Holocaust Memorial Museum presumably to warn against genocides like the mass murder of European Jewry. Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) And “Denial,” a true story and courtroom drama about Holocaust revisionism, arrives on iTunes. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) n the mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime from 1941 until 1945 Syn|Exp final solution genocide, race murder, racial extermination systematic killing of a racial or cultural group |
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