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butchered

UK //ˈbʊtʃəd//US //ˈbʊtʃərd//

词源

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。

verb

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。)

同义词:slaughtered, mangled, ruined, botched, massacred

常见短语

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。)