butchering

• 名词，指屠宰、宰杀牲畜的行为或职业，也指屠户的工作或肉类的分割与售卖。

A noun referring to the trade or business of a butcher, involving the preparation and sale of meat.

不可数

1. The trade of a butcherB1formal

   The business or profession of preparing and selling meat.

   屠宰业

   • He learned the art of butchering from his father.
   • Butchering requires skill and knowledge of animal anatomy.
   • The family has been in the butchering business for generations.

   同义词butchery

• 指宰杀动物以获取肉食的动词；也比喻因笨拙或破坏性行为而糟蹋、毁坏某事物。

A verb used to describe the act of slaughtering animals for food, or metaphorically, to ruin or spoil something through clumsy or destructive action.

1. Kill animals for foodB1formal

   To slaughter or prepare animals for consumption.

   屠宰

   • The farmer butchers pigs every winter.
   • He learned how to butcher a chicken from his grandfather.
   • The meat is butchered and packaged at the facility.

   同义词dressslaughter

2. Kill violentlyB2formal

   To kill someone in a brutal or cruel manner.

   残杀

   • The soldiers butchered innocent civilians during the war.
   • The dictator's regime butchered thousands of people.
   • The massacre saw entire villages butchered without mercy.

   同义词assassinateexecuteexterminatekillliquidatemassacremurderslaughterslay

3. Ruin or spoilB2informal

   To ruin something through incompetence or carelessness.

   搞砸

   • The director butchered the classic novel in his film adaptation.
   • He completely butchered his speech by forgetting his lines.
   • The chef butchered the recipe by adding too much salt.

   同义词botchbungleflubfumblemanglemarmess upmismanagemuffruinspoil

   反义词fiximprovemendperfectrepair