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butchery

/booch-uh-ree/US // ˈbʊtʃ ə ri //UK // (ˈbʊtʃərɪ) //

屠宰场,屠宰业,屠宰,宰杀

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural butch·er·ies.

    • : a slaughterhouse.
    • : brutal or wanton slaughter of animals or humans; carnage.
    • : the trade or business of a butcher.
    • : the act of bungling or botching.

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Examples

  • Poultry shears can also be useful for quick, efficient butchery.

  • Somerville will next determine whether other animal bones from the ancient sediment display butchery marks, breaks where marrow was removed or burned patches from cooking.

  • Eggshells lay among numerous animal bones, some of which displayed possible butchery marks and signs of burning.

  • He was the first diplomat on the scene to witness the butchery in Sabra and Shatila in September 1982.

  • At best, he and other dictators will draw the lesson that they need to commit their butchery in other ways.

  • The Daily Beast: In the 1920s, Chaim Soutine riffed on Rembrandt's butchery.

  • None of which would pardon nor condone the butchery he is said to have unleashed.

  • Women are taking butchery classes and embracing the new compassionate meat-eating ethos.

  • The Seneschal turned to her again with his unanswered questions touching the end of that butchery above-stairs.

  • To be sure, he might kill the dog with the hatchet, but such butchery was repugnant to him, and he quickly dismissed the idea.

  • The warmth of the flowing blood and the site of the shocking butchery made Fergan reel with dizziness.

  • Prison after prison was invested, entered, and under the same form of proceeding made the scene of the same inhuman butchery.

  • The whole sight was a good deal like butchery, and Colin felt a little uncomfortable.