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美:[ˈkɑːrnɪdʒ]
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car·nage
kar nihj
noun
the mass killing of people; slaughter.World War II brought carnage and mass destruction.
"大规模的破坏,血腥暴力,大屠杀",约1600年,来自法语 carnage(16世纪),源自意大利语 carnaggio "屠杀,谋杀",来自中世纪拉丁语 carnaticum "肉",源自拉丁语 carnaticum "屠宰动物",源自 carnem(主格 caro)"肉",最初意为"一块肉"(源自 PIE 词根 *sker-(1)"切割")。在英语中,它一直更多地用于描述人类的屠杀而非动物。Southey(1795)试图将其变成动词。
French, from Medieval Latin carnaticum tribute consisting of animals or meat, from Latin carn-, caro — see carnal
The first known use of carnage was in 1614
carnaladjective
of or relating to the body
not spiritual : corporeal
sensual sense 1
carnagenoun
great destruction of life (as in battle) : slaughter
1 Reporters described the highway accident as a scene of carnage.
2 She would have her carnage and her vengeance and drag everyone into it with her.
3 Parents, neighbors and nearby college students arrived to find awful carnage.
家长 、 邻居和附近的高校学生前来寻看这场可怕的大屠杀.
4 When Bhaal held sway over my soul, I reveled in the bloody carnage I wrought.
当巴尔操控我的灵魂, 我着迷于我杀戮的鲜血.
5 They intended to cause carnage through a series of co-ordinated explosions and bring terror into the lives of people around the globe.
他们妄图通过制造一系列协同爆炸,使世界各地的人们重新生活在恐惧中。
6 ...the carnage of motorway accidents.
高速公路车祸导致的大量人员死亡
7 Amid today's carnage, the number could be a lot worse.
在如今的惨淡形势下, 这个数字原本可能会更低.
8 Cortes was directly responsible for much of the carnage in Tenochtitlan, but the war was only a small part of a larger catastrophe for which blame is harder to assign.
9 As a result, only the foolish or the daring rush in to add to carnage.
结果, 只有傻瓜和大胆的人冲进这场战争.
10 Even after the carnage they’d just been part of, he was ready for more.
11 Botched economic policies caused most of the carnage.
拙劣的经济政策是这场大屠杀的主因.
12 He had proved himself not a man, but a weakling, whose stomach couldn’t stand the sight of some real carnage.
13 The next time the sky opened, the two-legged animals found a scene of carnage, with only two dogs left alive.
14 Yet , amid all the carnage, questions remain about the seriousnessof the outbreak.
一片喊杀声中,针对疫情实际程度的疑问挥之不去.
15 Characterized by bloodshed and carnage for both sides.
以双方的流血和残杀为特点。
16 Syria and Iraq recalled their Ambassadors after the row and Damascus denied playing any role in the carnage.
大马士革方面否认与那次惨剧有任何牵连之后,叙利亚和伊拉克相继撤回了大使。
17 As black fought against black, Alexandra was sealed off by armoured vehicles and soldiers, to prevent the violence and carnage from spilling into the suburbs, where whites were buying shotguns and rifles.
18 Some one hundred white soldiers and officers arrived from Camp Pike and through a show of force were able to bring the carnage to an end.
19 “Marriage or carnage. A wedding or a war. Are those my choices?”
20 Today it had forestalled carnage, at least for a time.
1 彻底击败
shellacking stuff murder paste hammer slaughter rout massacre flatten thrash annihilate shellac pulverize clobber vanquish
2 惨败
slaughter massacre pounding fiasco annihilation punishing thrashing hammering licking pasting walloping tank bomb slump bellyflop