the organized killing of large numbers of people, because of their race or religion (originally the killing of Jews in Russia) 大屠杀,集体迫害(因种族或宗教原因,原指沙俄时对犹太人的杀戮) The film shows interviews with survivors of the pogrom. 这部电影展示了对大屠杀幸存者的采访。
Word Originearly 20th cent.: from Russian, literally ‘devastation’, from gromit ‘destroy by the use of violence’.