massacre
英 ['mæsəkə] 美 ['mæsəkɚ]
- vt. 残杀；彻底击败
- n. 大屠杀；惨败
- n. (Massacre)人名；(法)马萨克尔
词态变化
复数: massacres;第三人称单数: massacres;过去式: massacred;现在分词: massacring;
中文词源
massacre 屠杀
来自古法语macacre,屠宰屋，肉屠宰场，来自Proto-Germanic*maitana,砍，劈，来自PIE*mai,砍，劈，词源同maim,mangle,smith.后用于指对人的屠杀，大屠杀。
英文词源
- massacre (v.)
- 1580s, from Middle French massacrer "to slaughter" (16c.), from massacre (n.) "wholesale slaughter, carnage" (see massacre (n.)). Related: Massacred; massacring.
- massacre (n.)
- 1580s, from Middle French massacre "wholesale slaughter, carnage," from Old French macacre, macecle "slaughterhouse, butchery," of unknown origin; perhaps related to Latin macellum "provisions store, butcher shop."
双语例句
- 1. The massacre laid bare the moral bankruptcy of the regime.
- 大屠杀使该政权的道德沦丧暴露无遗。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. In March 1770, there occurred what became known as the Boston Massacre.
- 1770年3月在那里发生了后来闻名的波士顿惨案。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Most of them had only heard of the massacre at second hand.
- 他们中的大多数人只是听说了那次大屠杀。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Is the massacre likely to touch off a new round of violence?
- 大屠杀有可能触发新一轮的暴行吗？
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Maria lost her 62-year-old mother in the massacre.
- 在大屠杀中玛丽亚失去了62岁的母亲。
来自柯林斯例句