hecatomb 的定义
- a public sacrifice of 100 oxen to the gods.
- any great slaughter: the hecatombs of modern wars.
hecatomb 近义词
等同于 carnage
等同于 immolation
更多hecatomb例句
- Thus it seemed the practice of making a hecatomb of dogs and cats on these sad occasions.
- Then Cinna, who not long before would have laughed at faith in Hecate, sacrificed a hecatomb to her.
- Or it may be, the last entertainment is that hecatomb they call a wedding breakfast, which celebrates the triumph of a rival.
- Above all the anguish and tears of that immense hecatomb will appear the shade of Lincoln as the symbol of hope and of pardon.
- Yearly will Charless Bath claim its hecatomb; I know not why.