massacre

英 ['mæsəkə] 美['mæsəkɚ]
  • vt. 残杀;彻底击败
  • n. 大屠杀;惨败
  • n. (Massacre)人名;(法)马萨克尔

CET6TEM4IELTSGRE考研中低频词常用词汇

词态变化


复数: massacres;第三人称单数: massacres;过去式: massacred;现在分词: massacring;

中文词源


massacre 屠杀

来自古法语macacre,屠宰屋,肉屠宰场,来自Proto-Germanic*maitana,砍,劈,来自PIE*mai,砍,劈,词源同maim,mangle,smith.后用于指对人的屠杀,大屠杀。

英英释意


1. the savage and excessive killing of many people

英文词源


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."

同义词辨析


kill, murder, slaughter, massacre, assassinate, execute

这些动词均有"杀,杀死"之意。

kill: 普通用词,含义广泛,泛指以任何方式使人、动物或植物死亡。

murder: 指谋杀或凶杀。

slaughter: 本义指大批宰杀动物,也指像屠宰牲畜一样一次杀死许多人。

massacre语气比slaughter强。指大屠杀,尤指屠杀失去了自卫能力的人。

assassinate: 通常指因政治原因用非法手段杀害政治领袖人物或短名人士。

execute: 指依法处死罪犯。

实用场景例句


the bloody massacre of innocent civilians
对无辜平民的血腥屠杀

牛津词典

Nobody survived the massacre.
这次大屠杀无人幸免。

牛津词典

The game was a 10–0 massacre for our team.
这场比赛我们队以0:10惨败。

牛津词典

Maria lost her 62-year-old mother in the massacre.
在大屠杀中玛丽亚失去了62岁的母亲。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...reports of massacre, torture and starvation.
关于屠杀、拷打与挨饿的报道

柯林斯高阶英语词典

300 civilians are believed to have been massacred by the rebels...
据信有300位平民被叛乱分子残杀。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Troops indiscriminately massacred the defenceless population.
军队肆无忌惮地屠杀手无寸铁的民众。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Kaczynski had been flying to Katyn, near Smolensk, to commemorate the victims of the Katyn massacre.
卡钦斯基原定于抵达斯摩棱斯克的卡廷,参加纪念卡廷事件受害者活动.

期刊摘选

The Ludlow Massacre set off a wave of sympathy for the strikers.
勒德洛的屠杀激起人们对罢工者同情的浪潮.

辞典例句

There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.
在战争中,这里的村民惨遭屠杀.

《简明英汉词典》

For the massacre began on his feast day in 1572.
还有一个“巴肖罗缪市场”也是以他的名字命名的.

期刊摘选

This became known as the Tsinan Massacre.
这次屠杀事件被称为“济南惨案”.

期刊摘选

While landing, every style is permitted: the ram in, the massacre , bouncy, or cool feet.
当着陆的时候, 所有的风格都是允许的: 快速奔跑, 毁坏性跳跃, 弹性跳跃或者花式脚法跳跃.

期刊摘选

Gold possesses the characters of silence and massacre, which means directness and fierceness.
庚辛申酉西方金,“金”具有肃静、杀敛的特性,金主义, 其性刚,其情烈.

期刊摘选

Hurl your legions at him and massacre him!
全力击溃,杀之而后快!

期刊摘选

The massacre would have been on both sides grim and great.
双方都将遭到残酷的大屠杀.

辞典例句

The Town Of Stone , Viewing Ming Great Wall, Nanjing Massacre Memorial and Museum.
石头城,观明城墙, 南京大屠杀纪念馆,午餐后前往无锡,太湖风景区,渔夫岛.

期刊摘选

News came in of the massacre in Rwanda.
关于大屠杀的新闻在卢旺达流行起来.

期刊摘选

Virginia Tech Massacre: Coping with Grief where God is in all this?
维吉尼亚理工学院的校园血案: 悲伤再思那时候上帝到哪里去了?

期刊摘选

All the visitors to Nanjing, you are suggested to visit the Nanjing Massacre Momerial.
希望所有到南京的人都去参观南京大屠杀纪念馆.

期刊摘选

Janu was shocked by the Order 66 massacre and the supposed Jedi Rebellion.
“66号指令”下达后的屠杀以及所谓的“绝地叛乱”令哈努大为震惊.

期刊摘选

Were you in Mexico during the Barillo cartel massacre?
巴里罗集团大屠杀的时候你在墨西哥 吗 ?

电影对白

Whatevr the outcome, this massacre has served to strengthen the resolve of a mighty nation.
不论结果如何, 这场悲剧更加坚定了巩固一个强大国家的决心.

期刊摘选

He is collecting evidence to massacre his opponents.
他正在收集证据要彻底击败他的对手.

《现代英汉综合大词典》