1580s, from Middle French massacrer "to slaughter" (16c.), from massacre (n.) "wholesale slaughter, carnage" (see massacre (n.)). Related: Massacred; massacring.
massacre (n.)
1580s, from Middle French massacre "wholesale slaughter, carnage," from Old French macacre, macecle "slaughterhouse, butchery," of unknown origin; perhaps related to Latin macellum "provisions store, butcher shop."
雙語例句
1. The massacre laid bare the moral bankruptcy of the regime.
大屠殺使該政權(quán)的道德淪喪暴露無遺。
來自柯林斯例句
2. In March 1770, there occurred what became known as the Boston Massacre.
1770年3月在那里發(fā)生了后來聞名的波士頓慘案。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Most of them had only heard of the massacre at second hand.
他們中的大多數(shù)人只是聽說了那次大屠殺。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Is the massacre likely to touch off a new round of violence?
大屠殺有可能觸發(fā)新一輪的暴行嗎？
來自柯林斯例句
5. Maria lost her 62-year-old mother in the massacre.