slaughter

漢語翻譯

n. 殘殺, * , 殺戮
vt. 殘殺, * , 虧本出售
【經】 屠夫, 殺價者

詞型變化：

形容詞:slaughterous 名詞:slaughterer 動詞過去式:slaughtered 過去分詞:slaughtered 現在分詞:slaughtering 第三人稱單數:slaughters 

詞意辨析：

kill, murder, slaughter, massacre, assassinate, execute

這些動詞均有“殺、殺死”之意。
kill: 普通用詞，含義廣泛，泛指以任何方式使人、動物或植物死亡。
murder: 指謀殺或兇殺。
slaughter: 本義指大批宰殺動物，也指像屠宰牲畜一樣一次殺死許多人。
massacre: 語氣比slaughter強。指 * ，尤指 * 失去了自衛能力的人。
assassinate: 通常指因政治原因用非法手段殺害政治領袖人物或知名人士。
execute: 指依法處死罪犯。

英文解釋：

名詞 slaughter:

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

動詞 slaughter:

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

例句：

1. After the slaughter, the battlefield was a gruesome sight.
   經過這場廝殺，戰場上一派觸目驚心的慘狀。
2. Bison used to roam through the American great plains, but most of them are slaughter by hunter.
   從前野牛在美國大平原上漫遊，但是大多數都被獵人 * 了。
3. Millions of cattle are slaughtered every day.
   每天有數百萬頭牛被 * 。