
好词典

源自中古英语 'bocher',意为屠夫,最终来自古法语 'bouchier',与屠宰或切割肉类相关。
❶ 指屠宰动物,通常指为了获取肉而杀死并切割动物。
“The farmer butchered the pig for the festival.”
(农民为了节日宰杀了那头猪。)
“They butchered the cow and prepared the meat for sale.”
(他们宰杀了牛,并准备好肉出售。)
❶ 比喻把事情做得很糟糕,通常指因缺乏技能或粗心而导致失败或混乱。
“He completely butchered the song during the performance.”
(他在表演中把这首歌彻底搞砸了。)
“The translation was so bad, it felt like the original text was butchered.”
(翻译太糟糕了,感觉原文被糟蹋了。)
butchered job — 指一项工作被做得非常糟糕,通常是因为缺乏技能或粗心大意。
“The plumber did a butchered job on the pipes, and now there's a leak.”
(水管工把管道修得一塌糊涂,现在漏水了。)