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IELTS BNC: 8774 COCA: 8340

slaughter

noun
/ˈslɔːtə(r)/
/ˈslɔːtər/
[uncountable]Idioms
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  1. the killing of animals for their meat屠宰;宰杀
    • cows taken for slaughter待宰奶牛
    Extra Examples
    • humane forms of animal slaughter对动物进行的人道屠宰
    • the transporting of live horses for slaughter运送供屠宰的活马
    Topics Farmingc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • indiscriminate
    • mass
    • wholesale
    verb + slaughter
    • end
    • prevent
    • stop
    preposition
    • for slaughter
    phrases
    • the slaughter of innocents
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  2. the cruel killing of large numbers of people at one time, especially in a war(尤指战争中的)屠杀,杀戮 synonym massacre
    • the wholesale slaughter of innocent people对无辜民众的大规模杀戮
    Extra Examples
    • We were helpless to stop the slaughter.我们无力阻止那场大屠杀。
    • the indiscriminate slaughter of civilians滥杀平民
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • indiscriminate
    • mass
    • wholesale
    verb + slaughter
    • end
    • prevent
    • stop
    preposition
    • for slaughter
    phrases
    • the slaughter of innocents
    See full entry
  3. Word OriginMiddle English (as a noun): from Old Norse slátr ‘butcher's meat’; related to slay. The verb dates from the mid 16th cent.
Idioms
(like) a lamb/lambs to the slaughter
  1. used to describe people who are going to do something dangerous without realizing it(如同)羔羊被牵往屠宰场(指将遇危险而不自觉的人)Topics Dangerc2

slaughter

verb
/ˈslɔːtə(r)/
/ˈslɔːtər/
[often passive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they slaughter
/ˈslɔːtə(r)/
/ˈslɔːtər/
he / she / it slaughters
/ˈslɔːtəz/
/ˈslɔːtərz/
past simple slaughtered
/ˈslɔːtəd/
/ˈslɔːtərd/
past participle slaughtered
/ˈslɔːtəd/
/ˈslɔːtərd/
-ing form slaughtering
/ˈslɔːtərɪŋ/
/ˈslɔːtərɪŋ/
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  1. slaughter something to kill an animal, usually for its meat屠宰;宰杀 synonym butcher
    • The lambs are taken to the local abattoir to be slaughtered.羔羊被带到当地屠宰场屠宰。
    Extra Examples
    • The animals are all humanely slaughtered.这些动物都是人道屠宰的。
    • Thousands of birds were slaughtered for their feathers.人们为得到羽毛捕杀了数以千计的鸟。
    • elephants illegally slaughtered by poachers被偷猎者非法屠杀的大象
    Topics Farmingc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • humanely
    • ritually
    • illegally
    preposition
    • for
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  2. slaughter somebody/something to kill a large number of people or animals violently屠杀;杀戮 synonym massacre
    • Men, women and children were slaughtered and villages destroyed.村庄被毁,男人、女人和儿童惨遭杀戮。
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    • Hundreds of innocent civilians were cruelly slaughtered.数百名无辜平民遭残杀。
    • Thousands of people were systematically slaughtered by their oppressors.数千人遭到压迫者的蓄意杀戮。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • brutally
    • cruelly
    • indiscriminately
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  3. slaughter somebody/something (informal) to defeat somebody/something by a large number of points in a sports game, competition, etc.(在体育比赛等竞赛中)大比分击败,使惨败
    • We were slaughtered 10–1 by the home team.我们以 1:10 惨败给主队。
  4. Word OriginMiddle English (as a noun): from Old Norse slátr ‘butcher's meat’; related to slay. The verb dates from the mid 16th cent.
IELTS BNC: 8774 COCA: 8340
slaughter

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + SLAUGHTER | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEindiscriminate, mass, wholesale濫殺;大屠殺the indiscriminate slaughter of civilians濫殺平民brutal, senseless, terrible殘酷的/無端的/駭人的屠殺ritual祭祀屠宰animal動物屠宰humane forms of animal slaughter對動物進行的人道屠宰halal, kosher合乎伊斯蘭教教規的/合乎猶太教教規的屠宰She supports a ban on kosher and halal slaughter, believing that such methods are cruel.她支持取締猶太教和伊斯蘭教屠宰方式,認為那些方法太殘忍。VERB + SLAUGHTERend, prevent, stop結束屠殺;阻止殺戮We were helpless to stop the slaughter.我們無力阻止那場大屠殺。ban禁止宰殺federal legislation to ban horse slaughter禁止宰殺馬匹的聯邦法律order下令屠宰Officials ordered the slaughter of hundreds of animals.官員們下令宰殺數百隻動物。PREPOSITIONfor slaughter供宰殺the transporting of live horses for slaughter運送供屠宰的活馬PHRASESthe slaughter of innocents對無辜者的屠殺the horrors of civil war and the slaughter of innocents內戰的駭人聽聞及對無辜者的慘殺
slaughter

verb¹

1kill an animal殺死動物ADVERB | PREPOSITION ADVERBhumanely人道毀滅The animals are all humanely slaughtered.這些動物都是人道屠宰的。ritually祭祀屠宰illegally非法屠宰elephants illegally slaughtered by poachers被偷獵者非法屠殺的大象PREPOSITIONfor為得到⋯而屠殺Thousands of birds were slaughtered for their feathers.人們為得到羽毛捕殺了數以千計的鳥。
slaughter

verb²

2kill a large number of people殺死大批人ADVERBbrutally, cruelly野蠻地/殘酷地殺戮Hundreds of innocent civilians were cruelly slaughtered.數百名無辜平民遭殘殺。indiscriminately恣意殺戮systematically有計劃地屠殺Thousands of people were systematically slaughtered by their oppressors.數千人遭到壓迫者的蓄意殺戮。
IELTS BNC: 8774 COCA: 8340
slaughter noun
massacre
IELTS BNC: 8774 COCA: 8340
slaughter
To kill animals: bag, butcher, cull...
To kill a person or animal: kill, murder, strangle...
To criticize strongly: attack, damn, savage...

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