butcher
n.
1. 屠夫, 屠宰商; 肉店
2. 刽子手; 残酷的人
3. [口]笨拙的工作者
4. [美]小贩
5. [美]拳击选手
6. [美俚, 贬]军医, 外科医生
He is a butcher by trade.
他的职业是屠夫。
The general is a real butcher.
那将军是嗜杀成性的人。
n.[C]
1. 肉贩,肉店老板
vt.
1. 屠宰(牲口)
The dictator butchered dissidents.
那个独裁者大肆屠杀持异议的人。
He butchered the painting by spilling coffee over it.
他把咖啡溅在画上,糟蹋了这幅图。
None of the cast can act at all they're butchering the play.
这班演员中没有一个人会演戏--他们把这个戏演得一团糟.
They butchered the war prisoners.
他们残杀战俘。
The tailor has butchered this suit.
裁缝把这套衣服做坏了。
Hitler was as a great a butcher as the world has seen.
希特勒是有史以来最大的杀人狂。
Women and children were butchered by the rebels.
妇女和儿童遭到叛乱者的屠杀.
名复：butchers
butcher
vt.
1. 宰杀; 屠杀; 害杀; 把...处死刑
2. (以粗暴的批评等)弄糟, 乱搞; 扼杀(作品等)
They butchered the prisoners.
他们残杀囚犯。
The tailor has butchered this suit.
那裁缝把这套衣服做坏了。
butcherbird
n. 伯劳(百舌类的鸟)
butcherly
adj.
1. 屠夫般的
2. 残忍的
3. 笨手笨脚的
butcher-boy
n. 宽大短茄克衫
the butcher, the baker, the candlestick-maker
[谑]各行各业(的人), 七十二行