单词 | hecatomb |
释义 | hecatomb (once / 15951 pages) n WORD FAMILY hecatomb: hecatombs USAGE EXAMPLESI count the lines of the envisioned 100-line poem, Hecatomb, now three lines shy. The Guardian(Sep 27, 2015) Was it for liberty she offered up so many human hecatombs on the plains of Hindostan? Headley, Joel Tyler, The Second War with England, Vol. 1...(2012) Sure, Moiley ought to be content with a nice hecatomb selected from the lower classes. Wingfield, Lewis, My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of I...(2012) n a great sacrifice; an ancient Greek or Roman sacrifice of 100 oxen Hyper ritual killing, sacrifice the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity |
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