用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
The invading army slaughtered a lot of people.侵略军杀了许多人。
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
Millions of pigs are slaughtered every day.每天有数百万头的猪被屠宰。

slaughter, butcher, kill, massacre
参见butcher条。

slaughter还可用作不可数名词,意为“屠杀,屠宰”。例如:
Parliament has passed an Act forbidding the slaughter of animals for pleasure.议会通过了一项禁止杀生取乐的法令。

［同义词］   kill, massacre
［词源］＜中古英语slahter(屠杀,屠宰)