slaughtering
present participle ofslaughter
| 单词 | slaughtering |
| 释义 | slaughtering present participle ofslaughter slaughter verb[T] uk/ˈslɔː.tər/us/ˈslɑː.t̬ɚ/tocruellyandunfairlykilla lot ofpeople: Thousands ofpeoplewere slaughtered in thecivilwar. tokillananimalformeat: Theanimalsare slaughtered inspring. todefeatsomeone veryeasily: Englandslaughtered Germany 5–1 atfootball. Murder & attempted murder
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Killing Animal farming - general words Winning and defeating Examplesofslaughteringslaughtering In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The increased incentives to rear calves should reduce the rate of calf slaughterings and encourage the future expansion of beef production. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I wish to project this further into the forecasts of slaughterings over the next few months because these figures show that this decline still continues. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I have already quoted figures showing that slaughterings are increasing and that sales are going down. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The level of calf slaughterings during 1974 was two or three times greater than in the previous year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What we need is better policing and better investigation at all times of the circumstances in which these movements and slaughterings take place. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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