butcher

noun

/ˈbʊtʃə(r)/

/ˈbʊtʃər/

Idioms

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a person whose job is cutting up and selling meat in a shop or killing animals for this purpose屠夫；肉贩
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adjective
- local
- halal
- kosher
- …
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butcher’s

(plural butchers)
a shop that sells meat肉店；肉铺
- He owns the butcher's in the main street.他在大街上开了一家肉铺。
More Like This Shops, etc. with apostrophes
Shops, etc. with apostrophes
Topics Shoppingb2, Jobsb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- local
- halal
- kosher
- …
See full entry
a person who kills people in a cruel and violent way刽子手

Word OriginMiddle English: from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French bochier, from boc ‘he-goat’, probably of the same ultimate origin as the verb buck.

Idioms

have/take a butcher’s

(British English, slang) to have a look at something观看

butcher

verb

/ˈbʊtʃə(r)/

/ˈbʊtʃər/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they butcher	/ˈbʊtʃə(r)/ /ˈbʊtʃər/
he / she / it butchers	/ˈbʊtʃəz/ /ˈbʊtʃərz/
past simple butchered	/ˈbʊtʃəd/ /ˈbʊtʃərd/
past participle butchered	/ˈbʊtʃəd/ /ˈbʊtʃərd/
-ing form butchering	/ˈbʊtʃərɪŋ/ /ˈbʊtʃərɪŋ/

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butcher somebody to kill people in a very cruel and violent way屠杀；杀戮
butcher something to kill animals and cut them up for use as meat屠宰；宰杀Topics Farmingc2
butcher something (especially North American English) to make something less good or successful by doing it very badly弄砸；糟蹋
- The script was good, but those guys butchered it.剧本很好，但让那帮家伙给演砸了。

Word OriginMiddle English: from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French bochier, from boc ‘he-goat’, probably of the same ultimate origin as the verb buck.