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holocaust n.大屠杀；浩劫；燔祭 (1) 他是大屠杀幸存者的后代。(2) 他预言将有一场世界性的浩劫。(3) 我知道这听起来一定像是为核浩劫提前准备，但其结果其实都挺恐怖的。 When holocaust entered the English language in the thirteenth century, it referred to burnt offerings described in the Old Testament. The original Greek word meant "burnt whole" (note the relationship to the word caustic). Since at least 1942, though, the word is most often used to describe the extermination of Jews by the Nazis. Some people object to the religious connotations of the word, though, preferring to use the Hebrew Shoah (catastrophe) instead.

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英 ['hɒləkɔːst] 美 ['hɑːləkɔːst] (1) He was a descendent of Holocaust survivors.(2) He predicted that there would be a world holocaust.(3) I know this sounds like preparations for a nuclear holocaust, but the effects could be horrifyingly similar. The noun holocaust means "total destruction." However, this word has become inextricably connected with World War II and the mass murder of Jews by the Nazis (in this usage, Holocaust is capitalized). 1[N-VAR 可变名词]（尤指战争引起的）大屠杀，大毁灭，浩劫 A holocaust is an event in which there is a lot of destruction and many people are killed, especially one caused by war. A nuclear holocaust seemed a very real possibility in the '50s.核灾难在20世纪50年代似乎真的非常可能发生。2[N-SING 单数名词]（第二次世界大战中纳粹对犹太人进行的）大屠杀 The Holocaust is used to refer to the killing by the Nazis of millions of Jews during the Second World War.   [the N]...an Israeli-based fund for survivors of the Holocaust and their families.设在以色列的为大屠杀幸存者及其家人建立的基金

英语单词	holocaust
英美音标	英 ['hɒləkɔːst] 美 ['hɑːləkɔːst]
中文释义	n.大屠杀；浩劫；燔祭
英语例句	(1) He was a descendent of Holocaust survivors. (2) He predicted that there would be a world holocaust. (3) I know this sounds like preparations for a nuclear holocaust, but the effects could be horrifyingly similar.
中文例句	(1) 他是大屠杀幸存者的后代。 (2) 他预言将有一场世界性的浩劫。 (3) 我知道这听起来一定像是为核浩劫提前准备，但其结果其实都挺恐怖的。
vocabulary简明	The noun holocaust means "total destruction." However, this word has become inextricably connected with World War II and the mass murder of Jews by the Nazis (in this usage, Holocaust is capitalized).
vocabulary扩展	When holocaust entered the English language in the thirteenth century, it referred to burnt offerings described in the Old Testament. The original Greek word meant "burnt whole" (note the relationship to the word caustic). Since at least 1942, though, the word is most often used to describe the extermination of Jews by the Nazis. Some people object to the religious connotations of the word, though, preferring to use the Hebrew Shoah (catastrophe) instead.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-VAR 可变名词]（尤指战争引起的）大屠杀，大毁灭，浩劫 A holocaust is an event in which there is a lot of destruction and many people are killed, especially one caused by war. A nuclear holocaust seemed a very real possibility in the '50s. 核灾难在20世纪50年代似乎真的非常可能发生。 2 [N-SING 单数名词]（第二次世界大战中纳粹对犹太人进行的）大屠杀 The Holocaust is used to refer to the killing by the Nazis of millions of Jews during the Second World War. [the N] ...an Israeli-based fund for survivors of the Holocaust and their families. 设在以色列的为大屠杀幸存者及其家人建立的基金

Holocaust Word World Jews Nuclear Nazis People War