butcher1/ˋbUtʃɚ; ˈbʊtʃə/n [C] 1 someone that owns or works in a shop that sells meat 屠宰商﹐肉贩2 butcher's a shop that sells meat 肉店﹐肉铺see box at见 SHOP1 方框
butcher2v [T] 1 to kill animals and prepare their meat as food 屠宰〔牲口〕2 to kill people in a cruel way 屠杀〔人〕: Thousands of innocent people were butchered. 成千上万无辜的人被屠杀。