massacre /ˈmæsəkə/ I.vt. 大规模屠杀，把…全部杀死：When the soldiers captured the town, they massacred all the inhabitants.当士兵占领这座城时，他们屠杀了所有居民。They set fire to the city and massacred all the inhabitants. 他们放火烧了这座城市, 而且屠杀了所有的居民。‖II. n.［c］大屠杀；残杀：The attack was described as a cold-blooded massacre.这次进攻被描述为血腥大屠杀。There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。