butchers

英 [ˈbʊtʃəz]

美 [ˈbʊtʃərz]

n. 屠夫; 肉贩; 肉店; 肉铺; 刽子手
v. 屠杀; 杀戮; 屠宰; 宰杀; 弄砸; 糟蹋
butcher的第三人称单数和复数

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柯林斯词典

屠夫；屠户；肉贩子
Abutcheris a shopkeeper who cuts up and sells meat. Some butchers also kill animals for meat and make foods such as sausages and meat pies.
肉铺；肉店
Abutcheror abutcher'sis a shop where meat is sold.
VERB 屠宰
Tobutcheran animal means to kill it and cut it up for meat.
1. Pigs were butchered, hams were hung to dry from the ceiling.
  杀了猪，猪腿挂在天花板上风干。
N-COUNT 刽子手；杀人狂
You can refer to someone as abutcherwhen they have killed a lot of people in a very cruel way, and you want to express your horror and disgust.
1. Klaus Barbie was known in France as the Butcher of Lyon.
  在法国，克劳斯·巴比是臭名昭著的“里昂屠夫”。
VERB 屠戮；残杀
You can say that someonehas butcheredpeople when they have killed a lot of people in a very cruel way, and you want to express your horror and disgust.
1. Guards butchered 1,350 prisoners...
  卫兵们杀掉了1,350名囚犯。
2. Our people are being butchered in their homes.
  我们的人民在自己家里遭到了屠杀。