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。

同根派生

用法辨析

n. (名词)

• 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〕”。

v. (动词)

• 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。

英汉例句

用作名词 (n.)

• A butcher needs sharp knives.
  屠夫需利刃。

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.

• He butchered the pig with a small sharp knife.
  他用一把锋利的小刀杀猪。

词组短语

用作名词 (n.)

～+名词

• butcher knife 屠刀
• butcher shop 肉铺

用作动词 (v.)

• butcher a cattle 宰牛
• butcher a chicken 杀鸡
• butcher pigs 杀猪
• butcher the war prisoners 残杀战俘

短语

• BUTCHERS COVE 巴特彻斯港

英英字典

柯林斯英英字典

• 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.