slaughterer

/-ȯtərə(r) -ȯtər-/ (ame, mw)

slaughterer — 名詞

1. a person whose work is to kill animals and prepare their bodies so the meat can

1.名詞C1
釋義

屠宰工；屠夫

宰殺牲畜供市場販售的人

a person whose work is to kill animals and prepare their bodies so the meat can be sold.

例句

Sahil learned from his uncle, a slaughterer at the village market.

Sahil 跟在村市場當屠宰工的叔叔學手藝。

job title in the meat trade

The slaughterer cleaned the pigs before the meat truck arrived.

那名屠宰工在運肉卡車到達前先把豬清理乾淨。

同義詞
  • 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

❌My brother became a slaughterer because he sells sausages.
✅My brother became a butcher because he sells sausages.
💡slaughterer is only for someone who kills animals for meat.

2. someone who kills people or animals in a very cruel, violent way.

2.名詞C2
釋義

屠殺者

以殘忍暴力方式大量殺人的人

someone who kills people or animals in a very cruel, violent way.

例句

Villagers called the warlord a slaughterer after the attack on the market.

市場遇襲後，村民都把那名軍閥叫作屠殺者。

used as a strong word of public condemnation

The paper described the masked slaughterer as a danger to every family.

那家報紙把那名蒙面屠殺者形容成每個家庭的威脅。

同義詞
  • murderer

    legal and general; it does not automatically suggest extreme bloodshed

  • killer

    broader everyday word and much less condemnatory

  • butcher

    often figurative and stresses cruelty or large-scale killing

反義詞
  • protector

    someone who keeps other people safe from harm

  • rescuer

    someone who saves people instead of harming them

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.

常見錯誤

❌The police called the man a slaughterer after one planned murder.
✅The police called the man a murderer after one planned murder.
💡slaughterer adds an idea of brutal bloodshed or many victims, not just the legal crime.