massacre
massacre
noun
noun
- an indiscriminate and brutal slaughter of people
大屠杀
the attack was described as a cold-blooded massacre.
这次进攻被描述为血腥大屠杀。
[mass noun]she says he is an accomplice to massacre.
她说他是大屠杀的帮凶。
■(informal)a heavy defeat of a sporting team or contestant
(非正式)惨败
- [with obj.]deliberately and violently kill (a large number of people)
屠杀（大量的人）
■(informal)inflict a heavy defeat on (a sporting team or contestant)
(非正式)使（运动队或对手）惨败
■(informal)perform (a piece of music, a play, etc.) very ineptly
(非正式)笨拙地演奏（或演唱）
the choir was massacring ‘In the Bleak Midwinter’.
合唱队把《在寒冷的冬季》唱得一团糟。
- late 16th cent.: from French, of unknown origin
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