carnage
noun /ˈkɑːnɪdʒ/
/ˈkɑːrnɪdʒ/
[uncountable]- the violent killing of a large number of people
大屠杀 - a scene of carnage
大屠杀的场面 - the carnage of the First World War
第一次世界大战的大屠杀 - How can we reduce the carnage on our roads?
我们怎样才能减少重大交通事故？
- One supply officer, watching from the rear, described the carnage which followed…
一名供应官员在后方观察，描述了随后的大屠杀… - The scene of carnage was indescribable.
大屠杀的场面无法形容。 - They hoped never to repeat the carnage of the First World War.
他们希望永远不要重蹈第一次世界大战的覆辙。
词源early 17th cent.: from French, from Italian carnaggio, from medieval Latin carnaticum, from Latin caro, carn- ‘flesh’. - a scene of carnage