carnage

carnage

英 ['kɑːnɪdʒ]
　　美 ['kɑrnɪdʒ]

n. 大屠殺；殘殺；大量絕滅

中文詞源：

carnage 大屠殺

來自詞根carn, 肉，來自PIE *sker, 砍，切，詞源同saw, shear. -age, 集合名詞後綴。

例句：

1. He said that communal carnage was ripping the country apart.
他說種族間的相互殘殺正在讓這個國傢走向分裂。

2. History reduces the carnage to impersonal numbers.
歷史敘述把大屠殺簡縮成瞭冷冰冰的數字。

3. a scene of carnage
大屠殺的場面

4. Refugees crossed the border to escape the carnage in their homeland.
難民越過邊界逃避國內的大屠殺.

5. The battlefield was a scene of utter carnage.
戰場完全是一片大屠殺的慘象.