butcher /ˈbʊtʃə/ CET4 TEM4 ( butchering, butchered, butchers )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A butcher is a shopkeeper who cuts up and sells meat. Some butchers also kill animals for meat and make foods such as sausages and meat pies. 屠夫; 肉商

• 2. 

  N-COUNT A butcher or a butcher's is a shop where meat is sold. 肉铺 [英国英语]

  例：

  He worked in a butcher's.

  他在肉铺工作。

• 3. 

  V-T To butcher an animal means to kill it and cut it up for meat. 宰杀

  例：

  Pigs were butchered, hams were hung to dry from the ceiling.

  猪被宰杀了，火腿吊在屋顶下风干。

• 4. 

  V-T You can say that someone has butchered people when they have killed a lot of people in a very cruel way, and you want to express your horror and disgust. 屠杀 [表不满]

  例：

  ...rebels who butchered eight tourists in Bwindi national park.

  …在布文迪国家公园屠杀了8名游客的叛乱分子。