| 词汇 | butchered |
| 释义 | butchered past simple and past participle ofbutcher butcher verb[ T ] uk /ˈbʊtʃ.ər/ us /ˈbʊtʃ.ɚ/ butcherverb[T] (CUT UP)to kill or cut up an animal for meat: 屠宰，宰杀 He raises pigs and butchers his own meat. This is where farmers brought their livestock to be butchered. The truck was transporting freshly butchered chickens. Cutting and stabbing abrasion bayonet butcher carve carving chisel chop hew impale impalement impaler incise scissor score something out/through shave shave something off/from something shear shearing sheep shearing stab You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Preparing animals & fish for cooking butcherverb[T] (KILL)to kill people in a very violent way or in large numbers: 屠杀;杀戮 He butchered thousands of people. Unarmed civilians are being butchered by the occupying forces. Murder & attempted murder asphyxiation assassinate assassination assassination attempt attempt butcher drive-by genocidal genocide gun someone down homicide infanticide polish something off pop off put someone to the swordidiom regicide rub slaughter snuff throttle butcherverb[T] (RUIN)informal to spoil something completely by performing or dealing with it very badly: He complained that TV screenwriters had butchered his story. I couldn't bear to hear our national anthem being butchered like that. Damaging and spoiling adulterant adulterate adulterated adulteration applecart butcher degrade drive a wedge between someoneidiom dry rot eat eat away at something erode foul put something out of jointidiom queer rain on someone's paradeidiom rampage ravage seismic wreck You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Failing and doing badly Examples of butcheredbutchered In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Today, matters are very different since the cattle are butchered on the spot, loaded onto bullock carts and sent off to market. The form that was doomed to be so frightfully mangled, was the sight; the immortal creature that was to be so butchered and torn asunder, yielded the sensation. For 20 years our hearts have been cut asunder and our homes have been butchered. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the regions, the arts policies of local authorities are being butchered by the poll tax and by poll tax capping. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In certain circumstances it might be possible to do all our exporting in terms of butchered cattle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He could have butchered 600 or 700 children. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A lot of trees can be and are being butchered, and this is quite unnecessary. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I wonder who told the security forces not to interfere, even when those two young soldiers were being butchered. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are fighting with conventional forces, and people are being butchered. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The only people who butchered the steel industry were those who insisted on maintaining manning levels and production techniques that were completely unrealistic. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Paradoxically, profits are going through the roof while the branch networking is systematically butchered. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We welcome the fact that the mining industry is not to be totally butchered immediately. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How can it be regarded as a comprehensive scheme when it is only a zoned neighbourhood scheme and a butchered-up scheme at that? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not a question of marching great masses of men to be butchered. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Without any consultation whatsoever, local government has been butchered year after year by his successors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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