massacre

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n. 大屠杀 vt. 大屠杀, 残杀

发音

US /ˈmæs.ə.kə(ɹ)/

词形变化

massacres 复数 massacres massacr'd massacred massacres 三单 massacrest massacring massacring 现在分词 massacred 过去式 massacred 过去分词

别名

massacker massacree massacer

释义与例句

n. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    The killing of a considerable number (usually limited to people) where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and/or contrary to civilized norms.

    大屠杀

    屠杀

    惨案

    可数 不可数

    St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre

    Massacres of Diyarbekir

    St. Valentine's Day Massacre

    Amritsar Massacre

  2. 2.

    Murder.

    可数 废旧 不可数
  3. 3.

    Any overwhelming defeat, as in a game or sport.

    可数 比喻 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To kill in considerable numbers where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to civilized norms. (Often limited to the killing of human beings.)

    屠杀

    及物
  2. 2.

    To win against (an opponent) very decisively.

    比喻 及物
  3. 3.

    To perform (a work, such as a musical piece or a play) very poorly.

    比喻 及物
  4. 4.

    To kill with great force or brutality.

    及物

    Look how they massacred my boy.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

slaughter carnage butchery mass murder

上位词 3

murder execution slaying

下位词 4

bloodshed bloodbath bloodletting battue
动词

同义词 2

slaughter mow down

上位词 1

kill

相关短语

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词源

1580, from Middle French massacre, from Old French macacre, marcacre, macecre, macecle (“slaughterhouse, butchery”), usually thought to be deverbal from Old French macecrer, macecler (“to slaughter”), though the noun seems to be attested somewhat earlier. It is also found in Medieval Latin mazacrium (“massacre, slaughter, killing”, also “the head of a newly killed stag”). Further origin disputed: * From Latin macellum (“butcher shop”). * From Vulgar Latin *matteuculāre, from *matteuca (cf. massue), from Late Latin mattea, mattia, from Latin mateola. * From Middle Low German *matskelen (“to massacre”) (compare German metzeln (“massacre”)), frequentative of matsken, matzgen (“to cut, hew”), from Proto-West Germanic *maitan, from Proto-Germanic *maitaną (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *mei- (“small”). Akin to Old High German meizan (“to cut”) among others. * Note also Arabic مَجْزَرَة (majzara), originally “spot where animals are slaughtered”, now also “massacre”, and in Maghrebi Arabic “slaughterhouse”. Derived from جَزَرَ (jazara, “to cut, slaughter”).

来源：wiktionary