【butcher】 - AEAS备考词汇

butcher

UK:  ['bʊtʃə(r)]

US:  ['bʊtʃər]

复数：butchers  现在分词：butchering  过去分词：butchered  

v.

1.屠宰;屠杀,虐杀;把…处死刑

2.宰,宰掉

3.弄糟,做坏;(以粗暴的批评等)扼杀(作品等)

4.糟蹋

n.

1.屠夫;卖肉的人

2.屠夫,屠户;屠杀者,刽子手;残酷的人

3.屠宰工

4.肉铺

5.〔口语〕笨工拙匠

6.〔美国〕(在剧场、火车等处兜售糖果等杂物的)小贩

7.〔美国〕拳击选手;〔美俚,贬〕军医,外科医生;医生

8.凶神恶煞

9.〔植〕假叶林

1 . The old woman had the delusion that the butcher was always trying to cheat her.
这位老妇人误以为屠夫总是欺骗她。

2 . I entered the shop of a pork butcher at the moment when his son, aged eight, was returning from school. The poor boy was weeping bitterly.
我走进杀猪屠夫的铺子，他八岁的儿子正好放学回家。

3 . "I won't, " he finally managed to breathe, never dreaming that she was thinking he looked like a calf waiting for the butcher.
“我不会的，”他到底控制住了自己的呼吸，做梦也不曾想到她正把自己看成一只小牛，正等候屠夫宰杀哩。

4 . To the butcher's further surprise, it came for the third time at six o'clock, and brought with it a third piece of paper.
肉店的进一步的意外，它来第三次在六点钟，带来了第三张纸上。

5 . He is said to have brought back life to the children who had been chopped into pieces by their butcher fath er.
据说，他恢复了被他们那屠夫父亲砍成碎片的孩子们的生命。