butchers
基本解釋
- n.屠夫；劊子手；肉商；小販
- vt.屠宰；濫殺；將某事弄得一團(tuán)糟
詞源解說
- 直接源自古法語的bouchier，意為宰山羊的人。
用法辨析
- butcher用作名詞的基本意思是“肉商,肉販”,指在市場上經(jīng)營肉類的生意人。引申可表示“屠宰者”“殘殺者”。
- 常用butcher的所有格形式butcher's來表示“肉鋪〔店〕”。
- butcher用作動(dòng)詞的基本意思是“屠宰”,指以家畜為對象、以刀為工具、以殺死為結(jié)果、以食用為目的的動(dòng)作,多指個(gè)人行為或小規(guī)模作業(yè)。引申可表示“殘殺,宰割”。用于比喻義則表示一種虐待狂式的野蠻行為或粗劣笨拙的舉動(dòng),一般譯為“弄糟”“毀壞”。
- butcher是及物動(dòng)詞,接名詞或代詞作賓語,可用于被動(dòng)結(jié)構(gòu)。
n. (名詞)
v. (動(dòng)詞)
英漢例句
- A butcher needs sharp knives.
屠夫需利刃。 - He butchered the pig with a small sharp knife.
他用一把鋒利的小刀殺豬。
用作名詞 (n.)
用作動(dòng)詞 (v.)
用作及物動(dòng)詞: S+～+ n./pron.
詞組短語
- butcher knife 屠刀
- butcher shop 肉鋪
- butcher a cattle 宰牛
- butcher a chicken 殺雞
- butcher pigs 殺豬
- butcher the war prisoners 殘殺戰(zhàn)俘
- BUTCHERS COVE 巴特徹斯港
用作名詞 (n.)
～+名詞
用作動(dòng)詞 (v.)
短語
英英字典
- A butcher is a shopkeeper who cuts up and sells meat. Some butchers also kill animals for meat and make foods such as sausages and meat pies.
- A butcher or a butcher's is a shop where meat is sold.
- To butcher an animal means to kill it and cut it up for meat.
- You can say that someone has butchered people when they have killed a lot of people in a very cruel way, and you want to express your horror and disgust.