slaughter
n[U]
1 the killing of animals, esp for food 屠宰(尤指供食用).
2 the killing of many people at once; massacre 屠杀; 杀戮
the slaughter of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的屠杀
the slaughter on the roads, ie the killing of people in road accidents 路上车祸造成的多人死亡.
3 (infml 口) complete defeat 完全失败
the total slaughter of the home team 主队的惨败. slaughter, v [Tn]
1
(a) kill (an animal), usu forfood 屠宰(动物)(通常为食用)
slaughter pigs by humanemethods 用人道方法杀猪.
(b) kill (animals or people) in large numbers 大量屠杀(动物或人)
thousands slaughtered by the invading army 被侵略军杀害的数以千计的人.
2 (fig infml 比喻, 口) defeat (sb/sth) completely, esp in sport 彻底打败(某人[某物])(尤指在体育运动中)
We slaughtered them at hockey. 我们在曲棍球赛中把他们打得一败涂地.
That sounds like a good idea. I have a few friends I could ring to see if they're free.
听起来是个好主意。我可以打电话给我的几个朋友看看他们是否有空。
You can imagine how useful this is, particularly in countries like China and Japan, which use written characters not letters.
你可以想像得到,特别是在中国和日本这些使用文字而不是字母的国家,这是多么有用处!
Because of his actions, all Hindus were finally free to draw water from the same village well, to go to the same temple to pray and even marry each other.