| 词汇 | butchering |
| 释义 | butchering present 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 butcheringbutchering In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. These marks suggest butchering activities and the production of leather and textiles. Here, the only evidence for animalproduct use are those of primary butchering marks on various mammalian animal bones (primarily deer), likely for meat production. Thus, it appears that both butchering and consumption occurred on all terraces. Handaxes were no doubt also very effective functional tools especially for butchering carcasses and some may have only played this role. There is no corroborating bone evidence of butchering or skinning, so the likelihood is that this is evidence of hide working rather than food production. It is possible, however, as always, that the bone remains from butchering were discarded at a locale distant from the structures. Consequently, the archaeologically observed 'events' of knapping and butchering must be rendered comprehensible by treating them as the acts of biological organisms reacting to long-term ecological change. However, our sample of butchering and skinning evidence on bone is small, and future research should focus on the question of specialized butchering and/or skinning. Our evidence also suggests that skinning and butchering animals should be considered in light of specialized craft activities rather than simply as a domestic activity carried out by all householders. I believe that that is the reason, that that is why he is butchering the committees, destroying something which has worked. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is part of the legacy of the brutal butchering of the industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Again, so far as auctioneering or butchering is concerned, he must be no longer in business. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was not the natural decline that we would normally expect; it was butchering. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has been called "sportive butchering" and that is precisely what it is. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He, if anyone, is ideologically and intellectually suited for such a barbarous and butchering task and would have been the man. 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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