1. C 肉商，肉贩　 a person who sells meal; a man who keeps a meat shop
2. C 屠宰者；残杀者　 a man who makes a business of killing animals for food; person who causes unnecessary death

　～ knife　屠刀
　～ shop　肉铺

　A butcher needs sharp knives.　屠夫需利刃。
　Her husband is a fat butcher.　她的丈夫是个胖胖的屠夫。
　The general is a real butcher.　这位将军确实是个嗜杀成性的人。
　I bought the meat at the new butcher.　我在这个新屠夫那儿买了这块肉。
　I bought the meat at the new butcher's.　我是在新开的肉铺买的这块肉。
　Mother went to the butcher's yesterday.　妈妈昨天去了肉店。

1. vt.屠宰　 kill and prepare (animals) for meat
2. vt.残杀，宰割　 kill (people or animals) unnecessary and brutally
3. vt.（喻）弄糟；毁坏　 make a mess of (sth); ruin

　～ a cattle　宰牛
　～ a chicken　杀鸡
　～ pigs　杀猪
　～ the war prisoners　残杀战俘

　He butchered the pig with a small sharp knife.　他用一把锋利的小刀杀猪。
　A rapist butchered his victim with a razor.　强奸犯用剃须刀将受害者杀害了。
　They butchered the war prisoners.　他们残杀战俘。
　The invaders butchered their way in.　侵略者一路血洗而入。
　The tailor has butchered my suit.　裁缝把我的衣服做坏了。
　You're simply butchering the French language the way you speak.　你这样说法语简直是在糟蹋它。
　The play was butchered beyond recognition.　这剧本给改得面目全非。

 ♣ butcher, killer, massacre, slaughter
　这组词都有“屠杀”的意思。其区别是：butcher和slaughter在表示为食用而杀死牲畜时， butcher通常是小规模作业，而slaughter则一般指大规模的工业生产。massacre只指残酷而且大量地“屠杀”，尤指在战争中屠杀手无寸铁的平民。kill可用于任何种类的致死行为。

　［同义词］ v. massacre, slaughter
　［词源］　古法语bouchier（宰山羊卖的人）