butcher
noun[C]
uk/ˈbʊtʃ.ər/us/ˈbʊtʃ.ɚ/butchernoun[C](SHOP)
B1
apersonwhosellsmeatin ashop
肉商，肉贩(alsobutcher's)
ashopwhere butcherswork
肉店，肉铺
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- Ourlocalbutcher isclosingdown.
- The butcherhackedoff alargechunkofmeat.
- ahalalbutcher
- akosherbutcher
- The butcherpreparedarackofpork.
People who make & serve food
- baker
- barista
- carhop
- carver
- caterer
- chef
- chef de partie
- commis chef
- cook
- garçon
- prep cook
- roaster
- room service
- server
- short-order cook
- sous chef
- steward
- waitperson
- waitress
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Shops & auctions
butchernoun[C](MURDER)
someone whomurdersa lot ofpeople,especiallyin acruelway
杀人魔王Murderers & attackers
- -cide
- abductor
- assailant
- assassin
- attacker
- bandit
- cyberbully
- death squad
- gunman
- highwayman
- killer
- marauder
- mugger
- murderer
- parricide
- poisoner
- regicide
- slasher
- slayer
- strangler
Idiom
have a butcher's
butcher
verb[T]
uk/ˈbʊtʃ.ər/us/ˈbʊtʃ.ɚ/butcherverb[T](CUT UP)
tokillorcutup ananimalformeat:
Heraisespigsand butchers his ownmeat.
This is wherefarmersbroughttheirlivestockto be butchered.
Thetruckwastransportingfreshlybutcheredchickens.
Killing
- -cide
- abattoir
- anti-suicide
- assisted suicide
- butchery
- claimsomeone'slifeidiom
- commit
- culpable homicide
- deadly
- destroy
- exterminate
- liquidate
- misery
- mortal
- neutralization
- neutralize
- non-fatal
- overlie
- poison
- wring
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Cutting and stabbing
Preparing animals & fish for cooking
butcherverb[T](KILL)
tokillpeoplein a veryviolentway or inlargenumbers:
He butchered thousands ofpeople.
Unarmedciviliansare being butchered by theoccupyingforces.
Murder & attempted murder
- asphyxiation
- assassinate
- assassination
- attempt
- bloodstained
- drive-by
- genocide
- gunsomeonedown
- holocaust
- homicide
- infanticide
- polish
- polishsomethingoff
- pop off
- putsomeoneto the swordidiom
- regicide
- slaughter
- smother
- snuff
- throttle
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Killing
butcherverb[T](RUIN)
informal
tospoilsomethingcompletelybyperformingordealingwith it verybadly:
Hecomplainedthat TVscreenwritershad butchered hisstory.
I couldn'tbeartohearournationalanthembeing butchered like that.
Damaging and spoiling
- adulterate
- adulterated
- adulteration
- alloy
- at the expense ofsomeoneidiom
- at-risk
- erode
- flaw
- foul
- foul(something)up
- gild the lilyidiom
- gloss
- gnaw
- rampage
- ravage
- ravages
- ruin
- scourge
- sour
- wreck
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Failing and doing badly