Carnage is what you call it when a great many people are killed or badly hurt in one stretch of violence, especially in war, a bombing, or a massacre. The word puts the bodies in the front of the picture: not “a battle happened,” but “look how much flesh was destroyed.” News writers and history books like it; it feels serious and a little old-and-formal, not a word you toss around at dinner.

Carnage「carnage」這個字 is what you call it就是用來稱呼 when a great many people are killed or badly hurt一次暴力事件中大量的人被殺害或重傷的情況 in one stretch of violence（一波暴力事件） especially in war, a bombing, or a massacre尤其是在戰爭、爆炸案或大屠殺裡。The word這個字 puts the bodies in the front of the picture把屍體放在畫面最前面 not "a battle happened,"不是說「發生了一場戰役」 but "look how much flesh was destroyed."而是說「看看有多少血肉被摧毀」 News writers and history books like it新聞寫作者和歷史書都喜歡用它 it feels serious and a little old-and-formal它給人一種嚴肅、有點老派又正式的感覺 not a word you toss around at dinner不是那種吃飯聊天時會隨口說出的字。

Though actually, people do stretch it. A commentator may call a brutal football match “carnage,” and a headline may call a messy sale “carnage,” meaning chaos and wreckage, not true killing. That looser use is common, but it is still a dark joke sitting on a grave word.

Though actually不過 people do stretch it人們確實會把它引申使用。A commentator may call評論員可能會把 a brutal football match一場激烈的足球賽 "carnage,"稱作「carnage」 and而 a headline may call標題可能會把 a messy sale一場混亂的拍賣 "carnage,"也稱作「carnage」 meaning chaos and wreckage意思是一片混亂和狼藉 not true killing而不是真的殺戮。That looser use這種比較寬鬆的用法 is common很常見 but it is still不過它終究還是 a dark joke sitting on a grave word一個建立在沉重字眼上的黑色玩笑。

Older still, the idea was the slaughter of animals for meat — flesh as food — before it became flesh as the cost of war.

Older still更早以前 the idea was這個概念指的是 the slaughter of animals for meat為了肉而屠宰動物 flesh as food（血肉作為食物） before it became flesh as the cost of war之後才變成血肉作為戰爭代價的意思。