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slaughter

noun
/ˈslɔːtə(r)/
/ˈslɔːtər/
 [uncountable]Idioms
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  1. the killing of animals for their meat屠宰；宰殺
    • cows taken for slaughter待宰奶牛
    Extra Examples
    • humane forms of animal slaughter對動物進行的人道屠宰
    • the transporting of live horses for slaughter運送供屠宰的活馬
    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（尤指戰爭中的）屠殺，殺戮 synonym massacre
    • the wholesale slaughter of innocent people對無辜民衆的大規模殺戮
    Extra Examples
    • We were helpless to stop the slaughter.我們無力阻止那場大屠殺。
    • the indiscriminate slaughter of civilians濫殺平民
    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）羔羊被牽往屠宰場（指將遇危險而不自覺的人）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；宰殺 synonym butcher
    • The lambs are taken to the local abattoir to be slaughtered.羔羊被帶到當地屠宰場屠宰。
    Extra Examples
    • The animals are all humanely slaughtered.這些動物都是人道屠宰的。
    • Thousands of birds were slaughtered for their feathers.人們爲得到羽毛捕殺了數以千計的鳥。
    • elephants illegally slaughtered by poachers被偷獵者非法屠殺的大象
    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屠殺；殺戮 synonym massacre
    • Men, women and children were slaughtered and villages destroyed.村莊被毀，男人、女人和兒童慘遭殺戮。
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    • Hundreds of innocent civilians were cruelly slaughtered.數百名無辜平民遭殘殺。
    • Thousands of people were systematically slaughtered by their oppressors.數千人遭到壓迫者的蓄意殺戮。
    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.（在體育比賽等競賽中）大比分擊敗，使慘敗
    • We were slaughtered 10–1 by the home team.我們以 1:10 慘敗給主隊。
    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.

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