massacre用作动词的基本意思是“大屠杀”,其宾语一般是人,着重指大批地杀害手无寸铁、没有抵抗、防卫能力的人,偶尔也可以是动物; massacre在口语中还可以作“彻底击败”解。

用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
They set fire to the city and massacred all the inhabitants.他们放火烧了这座城市,而且屠杀了所有的居民。
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
We were massacred in the final.我们在决赛中惨败。

massacre, butcher, kill, slaughter
参见butcher条。

［同义词］ n.  murder, slaughter v.  kill, murder, slaughter
［词源］＜古法语macecler(屠宰,屠杀)

There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中,这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
The game was a 0-8 massacre.比赛结果是0-8惨败。