butchering
butchering — 動詞
- butcheringpresent simple I / you / we / they
- butcherings3rd person singular
- butcheringing-ing form
- butcheringedpast simple
1. to kill an animal and cut its body into pieces of meat that can be cooked, sold,
屠宰
宰殺動物並切塊做為食物
to kill an animal and cut its body into pieces of meat that can be cooked, sold, or stored
The farmer taught his son how to butcher a pig when the boy turned twelve.
那名農夫在兒子十二歲時，教他如何屠宰豬隻。
butcher + animal noun as direct object
In rural areas, many families still butcher their own chickens for Sunday dinner.
在鄉下地區，許多家庭仍然自己屠宰雞隻來做週日大餐。
The butchering of cows requires skill and the right tools to do it properly.
屠宰牛隻需要技術和適當的工具才能做好。
Lara watched the farmer butcher the lamb and wrap the meat for the freezer.
Lara 看著農夫屠宰羔羊，並把肉包好放進冷凍庫。
Before winter the village held a day for butchering several pigs to store as food.
冬天來臨前，村裡有一天專門用來屠宰數頭豬，以便儲存食物。
- slaughter
more general; can refer to killing animals for food, but also carries a stronger sense of mass killing
文法句型
butcher + noun (animal)
2. to take human life through acts of extreme cruelty, frequently on a large scale
屠殺
殘忍地大量殺害無辜民眾
to take human life through acts of extreme cruelty, frequently on a large scale
The invading army butchered hundreds of innocent villagers during the attack.
入侵的軍隊在攻擊中屠殺了數百名無辜的村民。
butcher + large group of defenceless people
Sirin could not forget her grandmother's stories about soldiers who butchered the town's people.
Sirin 無法忘記祖母的故事——士兵們如何屠殺了鎮上的人。
The documentary shows how the rebel group butchered anyone who refused to join their cause.
這部紀錄片顯示叛軍如何屠殺拒絕加入他們陣營的人。
Historians condemn the regime that butchered thousands of political prisoners during the civil war.
歷史學家譴責那個在內戰期間屠殺數千名政治犯的政權。
The general was accused of butchering prisoners of war after they had already surrendered.
那位將軍被指控在戰俘已經投降之後，仍將他們屠殺殆盡。
文法句型
butcher + noun (person or group)
用法筆記
This sense is much stronger and more emotive than 'kill'. It is used mainly in writing or speech that aims to express outrage at extreme cruelty.
3. to ruin a task, performance, or piece of work through a total lack of skill or c
搞砸
因為技術差或不用心而徹底搞壞
to ruin a task, performance, or piece of work through a total lack of skill or care
David butchered the national anthem when he tried to sing it at the stadium.
David 在體育場試唱國歌時，把國歌唱得一塌糊塗。
informal: butcher + performance
The carpenter completely butchered the shelves by cutting the wood at the wrong angles.
那位木匠完全搞砸了書架，因為他量錯了木頭的角度。
Yael butchered her lines during the school play and the audience started laughing.
Yael 在學校話劇中把台詞念得亂七八糟，觀眾紛紛笑了出來。
Ife tried to fix the leaky pipe but butchered the job and flooded the kitchen.
Ife 試圖修理漏水的水管，但把事情搞砸了，廚房淹了水。
Dahlia butchered every French word in her speech because she had never practised the pronunciation.
Dahlia 把法語演講中的每個單字都說錯了，因為她從未練習過發音。
文法句型
butcher + noun (task, speech, performance)
用法筆記
This sense is used in informal situations when a task that required skill or care is ruined by poor work. It is not used for cooking errors despite the literal animal-meat sense.
常見錯誤
butchering — 名詞
1. someone who makes a living by killing animals for their flesh and offering the m
屠夫
以屠宰動物或販賣肉類為業的人
someone who makes a living by killing animals for their flesh and offering the meat for sale
The butcher cut the pork into thin slices and wrapped them for the customer.
屠夫將豬肉切成薄片，包好交給客人。
butcher as a shop worker who prepares meat
Sayaka went to the butcher to buy some fresh lamb for the weekend dinner.
Sayaka 去肉舖買了一些新鮮的羊肉，準備週末晚餐用。
The local butcher knows his customers by name and gives good advice on cooking meat.
當地的屠夫認識客人，並提供烹調肉品的好建議。
Nikos worked thirty years as a butcher before opening his own shop at the market.
Nikos 當了三十年的屠夫，後來在市場裡開了自己的店。
Ask the butcher to grind the beef into mince while you wait at the counter.
請屠夫在櫃檯幫你把牛肉絞成碎肉。
- meat seller
more general; does not necessarily include the slaughtering of animals
文法句型
a butcher / the butcher / butchers (plural)
用法筆記
The phrase 'the butcher's' (with possessive) means the shop where the butcher works, e.g. 'I'm going to the butcher's to buy sausages.'
2. a person who kills other people in a cruel or brutal way, especially someone who
屠殺者
殘酷殺害多人的兇手
a person who kills other people in a cruel or brutal way, especially someone who kills many victims
The dictator was a butcher who ordered thousands of his citizens killed without regret.
那名獨裁者是個屠殺者，毫無悔意地下令殺害數千名國民。
figurative use: butcher as a cruel ruler
Historians describe the general as a butcher who showed no mercy to prisoners of war.
歷史學家形容那位將軍是屠殺者，對戰俘完全不講仁慈。
The novel tells of a butcher who murdered victims with horrifying cruelty night after night.
這本小說描述了一個屠殺者夜復一夜以駭人殘酷手段殺害受害者的故事。
The prosecutor called the defendant a butcher with no respect for human life.
檢察官稱被告為屠殺者，說他對人命毫無尊重。
Quinn could not believe the librarian had once been a butcher during the civil war.
Quinn 不敢相信那位圖書館員在內戰期間曾經是個屠殺者。
- murderer
more neutral and common; does not carry the same implication of extreme brutality
- killer
very general; simply means someone who takes a life
- slaughterer
even more brutal but less common; dehumanising
文法句型
a butcher / the butcher (figurative)
用法筆記
This sense is much stronger than 'murderer'. It is almost always used figuratively in formal or literary contexts to condemn someone as barbaric.