noun🔗Share大屠杀，浩劫 A sacrifice that is completely burned to ashes."In ancient times, people sometimes offered an animal as a holocaust to the gods, burning it completely until nothing but ashes remained. "在古代，人们有时会将动物作为一种献祭完全焚烧给神灵，将其烧成灰烬，这种祭祀被称为“燔祭”。religionritualdisasterhistorysufferingwarChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share大屠杀，浩劫。 Extensive destruction of a group (usually of people or animals), whether by deliberate agency or by natural agency (especially fire)."1895 September 10, "ANOTHER ARMENIAN HOLOCAUST; Five Villages Burned, Five Thousand Persons Made Homeless, and Anti-Christians Organized.", in The New York Times"1895年9月10日，《纽约时报》报道：“又一场亚美尼亚浩劫；五个村庄被焚毁，五千人无家可归，反基督徒组织策划了这场灾难。”disasterhistorywarinhumansufferingeventChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share大屠杀，种族灭绝. In particular, a state-sponsored mass murder of an ethnic group, especially the Holocaust (which see)."World War II saw the horrors of the Holocaust, during which millions of Jews were systematically murdered by the Nazi regime. "第二次世界大战期间，发生了骇人听闻的大屠杀，即纳粹政权对数百万犹太人进行的系统性种族灭绝。historywarpoliticsinhumangroupstatedisastersufferingeventChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share焚 burn, 燔祭 fánjì To sacrifice and burn (an animal) completely."In ancient times, some cultures would holocaust a bull as an offering to their gods, burning it entirely on an altar. "在古代，一些文化会焚烧一头公牛作为献给神灵的祭品，将其完全焚烧在祭坛上。(Zài gǔdài, yīxiē wénhuà huì fénshāo yī tóu gōngniú zuòwéi xiàn gěi shénlíng de jìpǐn, jiāng qí wánquán fénshāo zài jìtán shàng.)ritualanimalreligionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share焚毁，彻底摧毁 To destroy completely, especially by fire."The wildfire threatened to holocaust the entire forest, leaving nothing but ashes. "那场野火有可能焚毁整片森林，使其化为一片灰烬。disasterworldwareventhistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share大屠杀，集体毁灭。 (possibly nonstandard) To subject to a holocaust (mass annihilation); to destroy en masse. (Compare genocide.)"The wildfire threatened to holocaust the entire forest, leaving nothing but ashes behind. "这场野火威胁要将整片森林化为灰烬，彻底毁灭。disasterwarhistoryinhumansufferingactiongovernmentsocietypoliticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
