butcher /ˈbʊtʃə/ star1 CET4 TEM4 (butchering,butchered,butchers)

• 1.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） A butcher is a shopkeeper who cuts up and sells meat. Some butchers also kill animals for meat and make foods such as sausages and meat pies. 屠夫; 肉商
• 2.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） A butcher or a butcher's is a shop where meat is sold. 肉铺 [英国英语]

  例：

  He worked in a butcher's.

  他在肉铺工作。

• 3.  

  V-T（及物动词） To butcher an animal means to kill it and cut it up for meat. 宰杀

  例：

  Pigs were butchered, hams were hung to dry from the ceiling.

  猪被宰杀了，火腿吊在屋顶下风干。

• 4.  

  V-T（及物动词） You can say that someone has butchered people when they have killed a lot of people in a very cruel way, and you want to express your horror and disgust. 屠杀[表不满]

  例：

  ...rebels who butchered eight tourists in Bwindi national park.

  …在布文迪国家公园屠杀了8名游客的叛乱分子。