slaughterhouse:屠宰场;宰杀牲畜并进行初步处理(如分割、冷藏等)的场所。(也可引申指“屠杀之地/惨烈之所”,偏文学或修辞用法。)
/ˈslɔːtərˌhaʊs/
The cattle were taken to the slaughterhouse early in the morning.
牛一大早被送去了屠宰场。
The novel uses the slaughterhouse as a stark symbol of industrial violence and moral numbness.
这部小说把屠宰场当作工业化暴力与道德麻木的尖锐象征。
由 slaughter(屠杀、宰杀)+ house(房屋、场所)构成的复合词,字面意思就是“进行宰杀的地方”。slaughter 源自古法语 esclachter(屠杀),最终可追溯到日耳曼语系相关词根,含“杀戮”之意。