massacre
英 ['m?s?k?]
美['m?s?k?]
- vt. 殘殺；徹底擊敗
- n. 大屠殺；慘敗
- n. (Massacre)人名；(法)馬薩克爾
CET6TEM4IELTSGRE考研中低頻詞常用詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?massacres;第三人稱單數:?massacres;過去式:?massacred;現在分詞:?massacring;
中文詞源
massacre 屠殺
來自古法語macacre,屠宰屋，肉屠宰場，來自Proto-Germanic*maitana,砍，劈，來自PIE*mai,砍，劈，詞源同maim,mangle,smith.后用于指對人的屠殺，大屠殺。
英文詞源
- 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."
雙語例句
- 1. The massacre laid bare the moral bankruptcy of the regime.
- 大屠殺使該政權的道德淪喪暴露無遺。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. In March 1770, there occurred what became known as the Boston Massacre.
- 1770年3月在那里發生了后來聞名的波士頓慘案。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Most of them had only heard of the massacre at second hand.
- 他們中的大多數人只是聽說了那次大屠殺。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Is the massacre likely to touch off a new round of violence?
- 大屠殺有可能觸發新一輪的暴行嗎？
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Maria lost her 62-year-old mother in the massacre.
- 在大屠殺中瑪麗亞失去了62歲的母親。
來自柯林斯例句