柯林斯詞典slaughter /?sl??t?/ (slaughtering,slaughtered,slaughters) 1. V-T If large numbers of people or animals are slaughtered, they are killed in a way that is cruel or unnecessary. 屠殺[usu passive] Thirty four people were slaughtered while lining up to cast their votes. 有34人在排隊(duì)投票時(shí)遭屠殺。2. N-UNCOUNT Slaughter is also a noun. 屠殺 This was only a small part of a war where the slaughter of civilians was commonplace. 這衹是戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的一小部分，在戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)中對(duì)平民的屠殺已司空見(jiàn)慣。3. V-T To slaughter animals such as cows and sheep means to kill them for their meat. 屠宰 Lack of chicken feed means that chicken farms are having to slaughter their stock. 飼料不足意味著養(yǎng)雞場(chǎng)將不得不宰殺雞。4. N-UNCOUNT Slaughter is also a noun. 屠宰 More than 491,000 sheep were exported for slaughter last year. 去年，超過(guò)四十九萬(wàn)一千衹羊被出口供屠宰。 返回 slaughter劍橋詞典C2 [ 單數(shù)名詞 or 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞：沒(méi)有複數(shù)形式的名詞 ] the killing of many people cruelly and unfairly, especially in a war （尤指戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)中的）屠殺，殺戮 Hardly anyone in the town escaped the slaughter when the rebels were defeated . 叛亂分子被擊敗後，鎮(zhèn)上幾乎沒(méi)有人能逃過(guò)隨之而來(lái)的大屠殺。 We must find ways of reducing the slaughter which takes place on our roads (= death of many people in car accidents ) every year . 我們必須設(shè)法減少每年因車(chē)禍而造成的大量死亡。 [ 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞：沒(méi)有複數(shù)形式的名詞 ] the killing of animals for meat 屠宰，宰殺 The geese are being fattened for slaughter. 鵞養(yǎng)肥了用於宰殺。 也見(jiàn)slaughterhouse [ 單數(shù)名詞 ] an occasion when one team is very easily defeated by the other 一方大敗的比賽，一邊倒的比賽 Saturday's game was an absolute slaughter. 周六的比賽絕對(duì)是場(chǎng)一邊倒的比賽。 返回 slaughter