butcher

名词 butcher:

1. a retailer of meat
   同义词：meatman
2. a brutal indiscriminate murderer
3. a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
   同义词：slaughterer
4. someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
   同义词：bungler, blunderer, fumbler, bumbler, stumbler, sad sack, botcher, fuckup

动词 butcher:

1. kill (animals) usually for food consumption
   同义词：slaughter

形容词 butch:

1. used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner
   同义词：butch, macho
2. pejorative synonym for lesbian
   同义词：butch

1. The tailor has butchered this suit.
   裁缝把这套衣服做坏了。
2. Hitler was as a great a butcher as the world has seen.
   希特勒是有史以来最大的杀人狂。
3. They butchered the war prisoners.
   他们残杀战俘。

butch.er

n.（名词）

One that slaughters and dresses animals for food or market.
屠夫，屠户：为了食用或买卖而宰杀和处理动物的人
One that sells meats.
屠户：卖肉的商贩
One who kills brutally or indiscriminately.
屠杀者，刽子手：残忍的或滥杀无辜的人
A vender, especially one on a train or in a theater.
小贩：尤指在火车上或剧院里卖糖果的小贩
One who bungles something.
笨拙的人：一个将事情搞得一团糟的人
v.tr.（及物动词）
butch.ered,butch.er.ing,butch.ers
To slaughter or prepare (animals) for market.
屠宰：为了买卖而宰杀或处理（动物）
To kill brutally or indiscriminately.
屠杀，虐杀：残忍地或不加选择地滥杀
To botch; bungle:
弄糟；弄坏：
例句：
butcher a project; butchered the language.
弄糟一个项目；扼杀语言文化

来源：
Middle English bucher
中古英语 bucher
from Old French bouchier
源自 古法语 bouchier
from bouc, boc [he-goat]
源自 bouc, boc [公羊]
[probably of Celtic origin]
[源于凯尔特语的]

【引伸】
butch.erer
n.（名词）