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hecatomb

/hek-uh-tohm, -toom/US // ˈhɛk əˌtoʊm, -ˌtum //UK // (ˈhɛkəˌtəʊm, -ˌtuːm) //

墓穴,墓碑,墓园,墓葬

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a public sacrifice of 100 oxen to the gods.
    • : any great slaughter: the hecatombs of modern wars.

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Examples

  • 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.