butcher/'bʊtʃər $ -ər/

n. a person who sells meat in a shop

v.

➊ cut an animal into pieces for meat

➋ kill many people in a cruel way

n. [C] 屠夫：We are surprised that he worked as a butcher after college. 读完大学后他做了屠夫，我们都感到吃惊。

◇[butcher's表示肉店] Is there beef at the butcher's? 肉店里有牛肉吗？

v. [T]

➊ 屠宰（动物）：butcher pigs 杀猪

➋ 残杀（人）；屠杀：Twenty villagers were butchered. 20位村民被屠杀。