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单词 massacre
释义 mas·sa·cre
I. \ˈmasə̇kə(r), ˈmaas-, -sēk-, substand -səˌkrē\ transitive verb
(massacred ; massacred ; massacring \-k(ə)riŋ, substand -səˌkrēiŋ\ ; massacres)
Etymology: Middle French massacrer, from Old French macecrer, from maçacre, n.
1.
 a. : to kill by massacre : slaughter
  < the Spaniards were neatly massacred — Green Peyton >
 b. : to murder or kill (a person) especially with violence or cruelty
2. : mangle, mutilate
 < some people who ordinarily massacre grammar — S.L.Payne >
 < got the knife, and massacred the bag — Carolyn Hannay >
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle French, from Old French maçacre
1.
 a. : the act or an instance of killing a considerable number of human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty : a wholesale slaughter
  < the massacre of most of the surviving crew by natives — F.R.Dulles >
  < the Indians suffered as many massacres as they inflicted — R.S.Cotterill >
 b. : a peculiarly cruel or wanton act of murder or killing
  < went … to avenge the massacre of a brother and a cousin — Elizabeth H. West >
 c. : a wholesale or wanton slaughter of animals
  < a whale hunt and massacre — Brenda Maguire >
  < great massacres of foxes — T.B.Macaulay >
2. : an act of thorough destruction : mangling
 < the author's massacre of traditional federalist presuppositions — R.G.McCloskey >
 < a massacre of sense and grammar >
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