| 单词 | slaughter |
| 释义 | slaughter (once / 362 pages) nv Slaughter refers to the killing of large numbers of animals or people. When cattle are old enough, they're sent to slaughter and their meat is processed and shipped to stores. The noun slaughter was first used in the 1300s and comes from the Old Norse word slahtr, which also described the mass killing of animals or people. A verb form came along later, in the 1530s. You might hear slaughter used to describe the killing of large numbers of people in a war, a genocide, or a massacre. It also can be used figuratively to describe a crushing defeat, like the slaughter of your basketball team by your bitter rivals. WORD FAMILYslaughter: slaughtered, slaughterer, slaughtering, slaughterous, slaughters+/slaughterer: slaughterers/slaughterous: slaughterously USAGE EXAMPLESOfficials expressed dismay over the scenes of slaughter in the Compaj prison, which held more than 1,200 inmates, about triple its official capacity. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) “There’s a lot of emotion in our community about how innocent people are getting slaughtered,” he said. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) Her farm, which raises and fattens the rare American mulefoot hogs for slaughter, is essential to their survival, she believes. Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1n the killing of animals (as for food) Hyper kill, killing, putting to death the act of terminating a life 2n the savage and excessive killing of many people Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper butchery, carnage, mass murder, massacre Alamo a siege and massacre at a mission in San Antonio in 1836; Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico Battle of the Little Bighorna battle in Montana near the Little Bighorn River between United States cavalry under Custer and several groups of Native Americans (1876); Custer was pursuing Sioux led by Sitting Bull; Custer underestimated the size of the Sioux forces (which were supported by Cheyenne warriors) and was killed along with all his command battue, bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed indiscriminate slaughter execution, murder, slaying unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being 3n a sound defeat Syn|Hyper debacle, drubbing, thrashing, trouncing, walloping, whipping defeat, licking an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest 4v kill (animals) usually for food consumption They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter Syn|Hypo|Hyper butcher chine cut through the backbone of an animal kill cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly 5v kill a large number of people indiscriminately Syn|Hyper massacre, mow down kill cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly |
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