slaughterとは意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English slaughter, from Old Norse *slahtr, later sláttr, from Proto-Germanic *slahtrą, from Proto-Germanic *slahaną. Equivalent to slay +‎ -ter (as in laughter). Eventually derived from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, strike, throw”). Related with Dutch slachten, German schlachten (both “to slaughter”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈslɔːtə/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈslɔtɚ/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈslɑtɚ/
• ハイフネーション: slaugh‧ter
• 韻: -ɔːtə(ɹ)
• Homophone: slotter (in accents with the cot-caught merger)

名詞

slaughter (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 slaughters)

1. (uncountable) The killing of animals, generally for food.
2. A massacre; the killing of a large number of people.
   • 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book VI, 1773, The First Six Books of Milton's Paradise Lost, Edinburgh, page 416,

     For ſin, on war and mutual ſlaughter bent.

3. (rare) A mass destruction of non-living things.
   • 1962 December, “Motive Power Miscellany: Western Region”, in Modern Railways, page 425:

     There was a massive slaughter of W.R. steam power at the conclusion of the summer timetable. In all, 169 locomotives were condemned.

4. A rout or decisive defeat.
5. A group of iguanas.

   Synonym: mess

派生語

動詞

slaughter (三人称単数 現在形 slaughters, 現在分詞 slaughtering, 過去形および過去分詞形 slaughtered)

1. (transitive) To butcher animals, generally for food.
2. (transitive, intransitive) To massacre people in large numbers.
3. (transitive) To kill someone or something, especially in a particularly brutal manner.
   • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], part 1, 2nd edition, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, OCLC 932920499; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene ii:

     Therefore cheere vp your mindes, prepare to fight,
     He that can take or ſlaughter Tamburlaine,
     Shall rule the Prouince of Albania.