massacre

英 [ˈmæs.ə.kər]      美 [ˈmæs.ə.kɚ]
  • vt. 残杀;彻底击败
  • n. 大屠杀;惨败
  • n. (Massacre)人名;(法)马萨克尔
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将“massacre”分解为“mass”和“acre”。想象有一大片(mass)土地,上面发生了一场残忍的屠杀(acreage turned into blood),这样就能形象地记住“massacre”意味着大规模的屠杀或破坏。

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massacre 屠杀

来自古法语macacre,屠宰屋,肉屠宰场,来自Proto-Germanic*maitana,砍,劈,来自PIE*mai,砍,劈,词源同maim,mangle,smith.后用于指对人的屠杀,大屠杀。

massacre (v.)
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."
1. The massacre laid bare the moral bankruptcy of the regime.
大屠杀使该政权的道德沦丧暴露无遗。
2. In March 1770, there occurred what became known as the Boston Massacre.
1770年3月在那里发生了后来闻名的波士顿惨案。
3. Most of them had only heard of the massacre at second hand.
他们中的大多数人只是听说了那次大屠杀。
4. Is the massacre likely to touch off a new round of violence?
大屠杀有可能触发新一轮的暴行吗?
5. Maria lost her 62-year-old mother in the massacre.
在大屠杀中玛丽亚失去了62岁的母亲。

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