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

BNC.14250

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。

双语例句

• People seek trade because of self-interest-nothing more is needed, as Smith discussed in a statement that has been quoted again and again explaining why bakers, brewers, butchers and consumers seek trade.
  人们进行交易是出于私利仅此而已，正如斯密在一句名言中所论述的那样。人们反复引述的那句话解释了为什么屠夫、酿酒者、面包师和消费者要进行交易。
• The other thing that veggies and artisan butchers have in common is their rarity.
  素食主义者和技术屠夫的另一个共同点便是他们都数量稀少。
• So some Chinese butchers specialize in slaughtering dogs.
  中国的一些屠夫就是专门杀狗的。
• And in these years, I met all kinds people, like, for instance, farmers and butchers, which seems logical.
  这几年，我见过了各种人，比如说，农民和屠夫，这没什么奇怪的。
• Butchers have complained that they must pay a fee of up to 100 euros per month to use knives they need to cut meat.
  屠夫们抱怨说，他们每个月必须要为切肉的刀支付高达100欧元的使用费。
• The butchers will raise the price of meat in a few weeks.
  肉商几个星期内将提高肉价。
• Diplomats and generals tell their own kinds of lies on occasion, as do used car salesmen, butchers and builders.
  有时候，外交官或普通民众也会讲各式的谎言，就象汽车销售员，屠夫和建筑工人。
• Inside a warehouse, giant slabs of meat hang from the ceiling and butchers stand about, chopping beef.
  在一座仓库里，天花板下悬挂着一些大块的肉片，站着的屠夫们在忙着砍、切牛肉。
• The reason is that, before refrigeration, butchers would want to preserve meat during transit.
  原因就是在冷藏之前，屠夫想要在运输途中保存肉类。
• A great and terrible hatred rose up in him for the butchers who had refused him credit.
  他恨透了不肯赊账给他的肉店老板。