[N-VAR 可变名词]大屠杀;大残杀 A massacre is the killing of a large number of people at the same time in a violent and cruel way. →see usage note at:
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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。
...reports of massacre, torture and starvation.
关于屠杀、拷打与挨饿的报道
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[VERB 动词]大规模屠杀;大规模残杀 If people are massacred, a large number of them are attacked and killed in a violent and cruel way.
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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。
Troops indiscriminately massacred the defenceless population.
军队肆无忌惮地屠杀手无寸铁的民众。
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mas·sacre/ˈmæsəkə(r); NAmEˈmæsəkər/
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massacremassacresmassacredmassacringnoun[countable , uncountable ]1the killing of a large number of people especially in a cruel way 屠杀;残杀◆the bloody massacre of innocent civilians对无辜平民的血腥屠杀◆Nobody survived the massacre.这次大屠杀无人幸免。2( informal) a very big defeat in a game or competition (运动或比赛中的)惨败◆The game was a 10–0 massacre for our team.这场比赛我们队以 0:10 惨败。verb1massacresb to kill a large number of people, especially in a cruel way 屠杀;杀戮2massacresb ( informal) to defeat sb in a game or competition by a high score (在运动或比赛中)使惨败mas·sacre/ˈmæsəkə(r); NAmEˈmæsəkər/
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massacre1 noun
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massacremas‧sa‧cre1 /ˈmæsəkə $ -ər/ ●○○ noun
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1[countable, uncountable] when a lot of people are killed violently, especially people who cannot defend themselves: the only survivor of the massacremassacre of the massacre of several hundred pro-democracy demonstratorsthe Boston/Peterloo/Harperville etc massacre the infamous Peterloo massacre of 18192[countable] informal a very bad defeat in a game or competition: United lost in a 9–0 massacre.
massacre1 noun
massacre2 verb
massacremassacre2 ●○○ verb [transitive]
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1to kill a lot of people or animals in a violent way, especially when they cannot defend themselves: The army massacred more than 150 unarmed civilians. Tens of thousands of dolphins and small whales are brutally massacred every year.► see thesaurus at
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2informal to defeat someone very badly in a game, competition etc: The Cougars massacred the Bucs last night, 38–7.3informal to spoil part of a play, a song etc by performing it very badly: Unfortunately, Jones absolutely massacres the role of Ophelia.
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