battue

• 名词，指一种狩猎方式，由驱赶者将猎物驱向猎人；引申指任何不加区分的大规模杀戮或灭绝。

A noun referring to a type of hunt where beaters drive game towards the hunters, or by extension, any indiscriminate slaughter or mass killing.

1. Driven huntC2formal

   A type of hunting where beaters drive game animals towards stationary hunters.

   围猎

   • The estate organized a battue for the visiting dignitaries.
   • In a traditional battue, beaters use noise to flush out the animals.
   • The hunters took their positions for the morning battue.

   同义词drive

2. Massacre or slaughterC2formal

   Indiscriminate killing or destruction of a large number of people or animals.

   屠杀或杀戮

   • The battle turned into a terrible battue of the retreating soldiers.
   • Historians describe the event as a battue of innocent civilians.
   • The film depicts the battue of the village by invading forces.

   同义词bloodbathbutcherycarnagemassacrepogromslaughter