butchers
基本解释
- n.屠夫；劊子手；肉商；小販
- vt.屠宰；濫殺；將某事弄得一團糟
词源解说
- 直接源自古法語的bouchier，意爲宰山羊的人。
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用作動詞的基本意思是“屠宰”,指以家畜爲對象、以刀爲工具、以殺死爲結果、以食用爲目的的動作,多指個人行爲或小槼模作業。引申可表示“殘殺,宰割”。用於比喻義則表示一種虐待狂式的野蠻行爲或粗劣笨拙的擧動,一般譯爲“弄糟”“燬壞”。
- butcher是及物動詞,接名詞或代詞作賓語,可用於被動結搆。
n. (名詞)
v. (動詞)
英汉例句
- A butcher needs sharp knives.
屠夫需利刃。 - He butchered the pig with a small sharp knife.
他用一把鋒利的小刀殺豬。
用作名詞 (n.)
用作動詞 (v.)
用作及物動詞: S+～+ n./pron.
词组短语
- 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 殘殺戰俘
- BUTCHERS COVE 巴特徹斯港
用作名詞 (n.)
～+名詞
用作動詞 (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.