| [/ˈslɔːtə(r); ˋslɔtɚ/] n [U] 用法:
1 the killing of animals, esp for food 屠宰（尤指供食用）. 用法:
2 the killing of many people at once; massacre 屠杀; 杀戮:
the slaughter of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的屠杀 *
the slaughter on the roads, ie the killing of people in road accidents 路上车祸造成的多人死亡. 用法:
3 (infml) complete defeat 完全失败:
the total slaughter of the home team 主队的惨败. slaughter 2
v [Tn] 用法:
1 (a) kill (an animal), usu forfood 屠宰（动物）（通常为食用）:
slaughter pigs by humanemethods 用人道方法杀猪.
(b) kill (animals or people) in large numbers 大量屠杀（动物或人）:
thousands slaughtered by the invading army 被侵略军杀害的数以千计的人. 用法:
2 (fig infml 比喻, 口) defeat (sb/sth) completely, esp in sport 彻底打败（某人[某物]）（尤指在体育运动中）:
We slaughtered them at hockey. 我们在曲棍球赛中把他们打得一败涂地. |