| 单词 | slaughterhouse |
| 释义 | slaughterhouse (once / 18018 pages) n A slaughterhouse is where animals are killed so they can be used for meat. Upton Sinclair’s novel “The Jungle” (1906) exposes the unsafe working conditions of a slaughterhouse in Chicago. Good times. Not. In order for people to eat meat, animals have to be slaughtered, or killed, and the place where this happens on a large scale is a slaughterhouse. Sometimes it's also called an abattoir. The word stems from a Scandinavian root and is related to the Old Norseslatr, "a butchering." The word slaughterhouse can also refer to a violent situation. In Kurt Vonnegut's novel "Slaughterhouse Five," war prisoners are housed in an abandoned slaughterhouse, which is also a metaphor for war itself. WORD FAMILYslaughterhouse: slaughterhouses USAGE EXAMPLES“A Husband for Christmas” and “Sorority Slaughterhouse” both star Eric Roberts as a design-firm executive and the homicidal college administrator, respectively. Wall Street Journal(Dec 27, 2016) “It would be miserable. I’d be being prepared for the slaughterhouse. Just waiting for the tap on the shoulder.” The Guardian(Dec 18, 2016) As insurance for rough times, many crop farmers also manage herds of cattle, raising calves that are then sold to slaughterhouses up north. Washington Times(Dec 17, 2016) n a building where animals are butchered Syn|Hyper abattoir, butchery, shambles building, edifice a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place |
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