slaughter
slaughter 英 [ˈslɔ:tə(r)] 美 [ˈslɔtɚ]
vt. 屠宰，屠杀；杀戮；使惨败 n. 屠宰，屠杀；杀戮；消灭
进行时:slaughtering 过去式:slaughtered 过去分词:slaughtered 第三人称单数:slaughters 名词复数:slaughters
- 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.
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- vt. 屠宰，屠杀；杀戮；使惨败
- n. 屠宰，屠杀；杀戮；消灭
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1. And as President, I refused to wait for the images of slaughter and mass graves before taking action.
作为总统，我拒绝等待在看到屠杀和集体坟场的场面时才采取行动。
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2. I'm so grateful that you gave me the inspiration and tools to end my participation in the slaughter (and I'm spreading the word).
我很感激你给我的灵感和方法，以结束我参与屠杀（我现在也在传播这个讯息）。
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3. Picasso was enraged by the slaughter of innocents and he immediately began work on his composition.
对无辜群众的屠杀，让毕加索义愤填膺，他立即开始为他的作品构图。
- slaughter (n.) c. 1300, "killing of a cattle or sheep for food, killing of a person," from a Scandinavian *slahtr, akin to Old Norse slatr "a butchering, butcher meat," slatra "to slaughter," slattr "a mowing" from Proto-Germanic *slukhtis, related to Old Norse sla "to strike" (see slay (v.)) + formative suffix (as in laugh/laughter). Meaning "killing of a large number of persons in battle" is attested from mid-14c. Old English had slieht "stroke, slaughter, murder, death; animals for slaughter;" as in sliehtswyn "pig for killing."
- slaughter (v.) 1530s, "butcher an animal for market," from slaughter (n.). Meaning "slay wantonly, ruthlessly, or in great numbers" is from 1580s. Related: Slaughtered; slaughtering.
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