| 词汇 | butchery |
| 释义 | butcheryWord family nounbutcheringbutcherybutcherbirdbutcheradjectivebutcherly Food butch·er·y /ˈbʊtʃəri/ noun [uncountableU] 1 KILLcruel and unnecessary killing 残杀，屠杀 the butchery of battle 战场上的血腥屠杀 2. DFthe preparation of meat for sale 屠宰工作 Examples from the Corpus butchery• One can easily imagine how this apparent butchery of corpses might be misinterpreted by a stranger unaccustomed to such a practice.• It was born of fear for her grandfather, he thought as he returned to his butchery of the President's shotgun.• A horrible series of futile uprisings against impossible odds and always ending in butchery and defeat for the rebels.• They feared that their troops might acquire a taste for such butchery and become no better than those they fought against.• I have felt the same shock and outrage since I lived in the Lakeside area and watched the butchery of those trees.• He had a slight grievance against the landowner, we understand, but hardly enough to account for this butchery.• It was not fighting, it was butchery. |
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