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slaughter

noun
🔊/ˈslɔːtə(r)/
🔊/ˈslɔːtər/
 [uncountable]Idioms
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  1. the killing of animals for their meat屠宰；宰杀
    • cows taken for slaughter待宰奶牛
    Extra Examples
    • humane forms of animal slaughter对动物进行的人道屠宰
    • the transporting of live horses for slaughter运送供屠宰的活马
    Topics Farmingc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • indiscriminate
    • mass
    • wholesale
    • …
    verb + slaughter
    • end
    • prevent
    • stop
    • …
    preposition
    • for slaughter
    phrases
    • the slaughter of innocents
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  2. the cruel killing of large numbers of people at one time, especially in a war（尤指战争中的）屠杀，杀戮 synonym massacre
    • the wholesale slaughter of innocent people对无辜民众的大规模杀戮
    Extra Examples
    • We were helpless to stop the slaughter.我们无力阻止那场大屠杀。
    • the indiscriminate slaughter of civilians滥杀平民
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • indiscriminate
    • mass
    • wholesale
    • …
    verb + slaughter
    • end
    • prevent
    • stop
    • …
    preposition
    • for slaughter
    phrases
    • the slaughter of innocents
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    3. Word OriginMiddle English (as a noun): from Old Norse slátr ‘butcher's meat’; related to slay. The verb dates from the mid 16th cent.
Idioms
(like) a lamb/lambs to the slaughter
  1. used to describe people who are going to do something dangerous without realizing it（如同）羔羊被牵往屠宰场（指将遇危险而不自觉的人）Topics Dangerc2

slaughter

verb
🔊/ˈslɔːtə(r)/
🔊/ˈslɔːtər/
 [often passive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they slaughter
🔊/ˈslɔːtə(r)/
🔊/ˈslɔːtər/
he / she / it slaughters
🔊/ˈslɔːtəz/
🔊/ˈslɔːtərz/
past simple slaughtered
🔊/ˈslɔːtəd/
🔊/ˈslɔːtərd/
past participle slaughtered
🔊/ˈslɔːtəd/
🔊/ˈslɔːtərd/
-ing form slaughtering
🔊/ˈslɔːtərɪŋ/
🔊/ˈslɔːtərɪŋ/
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  1. slaughter something to kill an animal, usually for its meat屠宰；宰杀 synonym butcher
    • The lambs are taken to the local abattoir to be slaughtered.羔羊被带到当地屠宰场宰杀。
    Extra Examples
    • The animals are all humanely slaughtered.这些动物都是人道屠宰的。
    • Thousands of birds were slaughtered for their feathers.人们为得到羽毛捕杀了数以千计的鸟。
    • elephants illegally slaughtered by poachers被偷猎者非法屠杀的大象
    Topics Farmingc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • humanely
    • ritually
    • illegally
    • …
    preposition
    • for
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  2. slaughter somebody/something to kill a large number of people or animals violently屠杀；杀戮 synonym massacre
    • Men, women and children were slaughtered and villages destroyed.村庄被毁，男人、女人和儿童惨遭杀戮。🔊🔊
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    • Hundreds of innocent civilians were cruelly slaughtered.数百名无辜平民遭残杀。
    • Thousands of people were systematically slaughtered by their oppressors.数千人遭到压迫者的蓄意杀戮。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • brutally
    • cruelly
    • indiscriminately
    • …
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  3. slaughter somebody/something (informal) to defeat somebody/something by a large number of points in a sports game, competition, etc.（在体育比赛等竞赛中）大比分击败，使惨败
    • We were slaughtered 10–1 by the home team.我们以 1:10 惨败给主队。🔊🔊
    4. Word OriginMiddle English (as a noun): from Old Norse slátr ‘butcher's meat’; related to slay. The verb dates from the mid 16th cent.