body count

短语

死亡人数统计

发音

US

词形变化

body counts 复数 body counts

别名

bodycount

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The number of persons or bodies counted as casualties, especially fatalities, or victims.

  2. 2.

    The number of people who have been killed by a given individual.

  3. 3.

    The total number of sexual partners of a given individual.

    俚语
  4. 4.

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see body, count.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

词源

Coined by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War in the sense "number of killed enemy combatants", in 1962 according to Merriam-Webster.

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