carnage

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n. 大屠杀, 残杀

发音

UK /ˈkɑː.nɪdʒ/
AU
US /ˈkɑɹ.nɪd͡ʒ/

词形变化

carnages 复数 carnages

教材释义与例句

名词

大屠杀；残杀；大量绝灭

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Death and destruction.

    大屠杀

    屠杀

    惨案

    不可数

    There was carnage after the school play ended with 96 deaths.

  2. 2.

    The corpses, gore, etc. that remain after a massacre.

    不可数
  3. 3.

    Any great loss by a team; a game in which one team wins overwhelmingly.

    比喻 不可数 体育

    The game against Sri Lanka and Australia was carnage with Australia winning by 287 runs.

  4. 4.

    A heavy drinking binge and its aftermath.

    比喻 俚语 不可数
  5. 5.

    Any chaotic situation.

    比喻 俚语 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

slaughter massacre butchery mass murder

上位词 3

murder execution slaying

下位词 4

bloodshed bloodbath bloodletting battue

词源

Borrowed from Middle French carnage, from a Norman or Picard variant Old Northern French) of Old French charnage, from char (“flesh”), or from Vulgar Latin *carnaticum (“slaughter of animals”), itself from Latin carnem, accusative of caro (“flesh”).

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