字面的屠殺
核心畫面本身，動詞與名詞兩面。
massacre, verb, mass killing · verb · C2
To kill a lot of people or animals in a violent way, especially when they cannot fight back.
屠殺
核心畫面
One way to hold it: one side is completely helpless and the other side does not stop. What makes it a massacre is not just the killing — it is that there was never a contest.
一邊完全沒有還手的餘地，另一邊卻沒有停手。讓它成為 massacre 的，不只是死了很多人，而是「從頭到尾就不是一場…更多收起
一邊完全沒有還手的餘地，另一邊卻沒有停手。讓它成為 massacre 的，不只是死了很多人，而是「從頭到尾就不是一場對等的較量」——一面倒到殘忍的地步。抓住這個「毫無懸念的一面倒」，後面比賽的慘敗、把一首歌唱爛，全都是同一張畫面借過去用的。Three branches
比賽上的一面倒
借用同一張「毫無還手之力」的畫面來講比分：不是真的有人受傷，而是輸得像沒有抵抗過。
massacre, verb, crushing defeat · verb · C2
To beat someone very badly in a game, competition, or similar contest.
痛宰
把作品毀掉
這次被一面倒地摧毀的不是人也不是隊伍，而是一首歌、一齣戲——原作沒有能力保護自己，表演者把它糟蹋掉了。
massacre, verb, botch a performance · verb · C2
To spoil a play, a song, or a similar performance by doing it very badly.
演砸
原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
massacrenoun/ˈmæs.ə.kə(ɹ)/
- 1
The killing of a considerable number (usually limited to people) where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and/or contrary to civilized norms.
- St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre
- Massacres of Diyarbekir
- 2
obsoleteMurder.
- The tyrannous and bloody act is done,— The most arch deed of piteous massacre That ever yet this land was guilty of.
- 3
Any overwhelming defeat, as in a game or sport.
massacreverb/ˈmæs.ə.kə(ɹ)/
- 1
To kill in considerable numbers where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to civilized norms. (Often limited to the killing of human beings.)
- If James should be pleased to massacre them all, as Maximilian had massacred the Theban legion
- 2
To win against (an opponent) very decisively.
- 3
To perform (a work, such as a musical piece or a play) very poorly.
- 4
To kill with great force or brutality.
- Look how they massacred my boy.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。