slaughterer
/-ȯtərə(r) -ȯtər-/ (ame, mw)
slaughterer — noun
1. a person whose work is to kill animals and prepare their bodies so the meat can
a person whose work is to kill animals and prepare their bodies so the meat can be sold.
Sahil learned from his uncle, a slaughterer at the village market.
job title in the meat trade
The slaughterer cleaned the pigs before the meat truck arrived.
At dawn, Tyler watched the slaughterer sharpen knives behind the shed.
Local rules require every slaughterer to wash tools after each animal.
The slaughterer tagged each lamb before workers carried it inside.
- butcher
broader; may focus on cutting or selling meat rather than killing the animal
- meat-packer
more industrial and can include packing meat after slaughter
- abattoir worker
formal term for a worker in a slaughterhouse
文法句型
a slaughterer
work as a slaughterer
slaughterer at/in + place
用法筆記
More specific than butcher in many contexts. A butcher may only cut or sell meat, but a slaughterer is the worker who kills the animals first.
常見錯誤
2. someone who kills people or animals in a very cruel, violent way.
someone who kills people or animals in a very cruel, violent way.
Villagers called the warlord a slaughterer after the attack on the market.
used as a strong word of public condemnation
The paper described the masked slaughterer as a danger to every family.
After the massacre, survivors swore the slaughterer would face justice.
In the film, the prison guard becomes a slaughterer of helpless men.
The crowd named the general a slaughterer when the school was bombed.
文法句型
call someone a slaughterer
describe/name + someone + a slaughterer
a slaughterer of + people
用法筆記
Usually a strong, condemnatory word in reports or stories about bloodshed. It often suggests shocking cruelty or many victims, not just the legal fact of murder.