butchers
基本解释
- n.屠夫；刽子手；肉商；小贩
- vt.屠宰；滥杀；将某事弄得一团糟
词源解说
- 直接源自古法语的bouchier，意为宰山羊的人。
用法辨析
- butcher用作名词的基本意思是“肉商,肉贩”,指在市场上经营肉类的生意人。引申可表示“屠宰者”“残杀者”。
- 常用butcher的所有格形式butcher's来表示“肉铺〔店〕”。
- butcher用作动词的基本意思是“屠宰”,指以家畜为对象、以刀为工具、以杀死为结果、以食用为目的的动作,多指个人行为或小规模作业。引申可表示“残杀,宰割”。用于比喻义则表示一种虐待狂式的野蛮行为或粗劣笨拙的举动,一般译为“弄糟”“毁坏”。
- butcher是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。
n. (名词)
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- A butcher needs sharp knives.
屠夫需利刃。 - He butchered the pig with a small sharp knife.
他用一把锋利的小刀杀猪。
用作名词 (n.)
用作动词 (v.)
用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.
词组短语
- butcher knife 屠刀
- butcher shop 肉铺
- butcher a cattle 宰牛
- butcher a chicken 杀鸡
- butcher pigs 杀猪
- butcher the war prisoners 残杀战俘
- BUTCHERS COVE 巴特彻斯港
用作名词 (n.)
～+名词
用作动词 (v.)
短语
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.