(in ancient Greece or Rome) a great public sacrifice, originally of a hundred oxen (古希腊或古罗马)大献祭;(原为献祭百牛的)百牲祭 ■(figurative)an extensive loss of life for some cause (喻)大批死亡;大屠杀
语源
late 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek hekatombē (from hekaton 'hundred' + bous 'ox')