slaughter

汉语翻译

n. 残杀, * , 杀戮
vt. 残杀, * , 亏本出售
【经】 屠夫, 杀价者

词型变化：

形容词:slaughterous 名词:slaughterer 动词过去式:slaughtered 过去分词:slaughtered 现在分词:slaughtering 第三人称单数:slaughters 

词意辨析：

kill, murder, slaughter, massacre, assassinate, execute

这些动词均有“杀、杀死”之意。
kill: 普通用词，含义广泛，泛指以任何方式使人、动物或植物死亡。
murder: 指谋杀或凶杀。
slaughter: 本义指大批宰杀动物，也指像屠宰牲畜一样一次杀死许多人。
massacre: 语气比slaughter强。指 * ，尤指 * 失去了自卫能力的人。
assassinate: 通常指因政治原因用非法手段杀害政治领袖人物或知名人士。
execute: 指依法处死罪犯。

英语解释：

名词 slaughter:

1. the killing of animals (as for food)
2. a sound defeat
   同义词：thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, trouncing, whipping
3. the savage and excessive killing of many people
   同义词：massacre, mass murder, carnage, butchery

动词 slaughter:

1. kill (animals) usually for food consumption
   同义词：butcher
2. kill a large number of people indiscriminately
   同义词：massacre, mow down

例句：

1. After the slaughter, the battlefield was a gruesome sight.
   经过这场厮杀，战场上一派触目惊心的惨状。
2. Bison used to roam through the American great plains, but most of them are slaughter by hunter.
   从前野牛在美国大平原上漫游，但是大多数都被猎人 * 了。
3. Millions of cattle are slaughtered every day.
   每天有数百万头牛被 * 。