c. 1600, from Middle French carnage (16c.), from Old Italian carnaggio "slaughter, murder," from Medieval Latin carnaticum "flesh," from Latin carnaticum "slaughter of animals," from carnem (nominative caro) "flesh," originally "a piece of flesh," from PIE root *(s)ker- (1) "to cut" (see shear (v.)). In English always used more of slaughters of men than beasts. Southey (1795) tried to make a verb of it.
实用例句
1. He said that communal carnage was ripping the country apart.
他说种族间的相互残杀正在让这个国家走向分裂。
来自柯林斯例句
2. History reduces the carnage to impersonal numbers.
历史叙述把大屠杀简缩成了冷冰冰的数字。
来自柯林斯例句
3. a scene of carnage
大屠杀的场面
来自《权威词典》
4. Refugees crossed the border to escape the carnage in their homeland.
