Question

massacre n.残杀,大屠杀 v.残杀,集体屠杀 It’s unclear where the word massacre came from, but possibly it was the Old French word macacre, which means “slaughterhouse.” As a noun, massacre is a brutal slaughter of humans or animals, and it can be a verb as well, like when an army massacres an entire village of innocent people. Pronounce it like MASS-uh-ker, and remember to spell it with an acre at the end, which is how much land is needed to bury the bodies after a massacre. ★★☆☆☆ 2006.4

Accepted Answer

['mæsəkə(r)] A massacre is a big bloody mess of killing, and usually for no good reason. Not that there’s ever a good reason for killing, but massacres are especially pointless and gory. But it’s not as if earlier times didn’t know perpetual war, disaster and the massacre of innocents. 1[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:killMaria 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2[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.   [be V-ed]  [V n]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。

英语单词	massacre
英美音标	['mæsəkə(r)]
中文释义	n.残杀,大屠杀 v.残杀,集体屠杀
vocab简明	A massacre is a big bloody mess of killing, and usually for no good reason. Not that there’s ever a good reason for killing, but massacres are especially pointless and gory.
vocab扩展	It’s unclear where the word massacre came from, but possibly it was the Old French word macacre, which means “slaughterhouse.” As a noun, massacre is a brutal slaughter of humans or animals, and it can be a verb as well, like when an army massacres an entire village of innocent people. Pronounce it like MASS-uh-ker, and remember to spell it with an acre at the end, which is how much land is needed to bury the bodies after a massacre.
真题原句	But it’s not as if earlier times didn’t know perpetual war, disaster and the massacre of innocents.
柯林斯星级	★★☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [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:kill 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 2 [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. [be V-ed] [V n] 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。
来源	2006.4

Massacre Killing Good It’s Word Large Number People