holocaust

US [ˈhɑləˌkɔst]
UK [ˈhɒləˌkɔːst]
  • n.(尤指战争或火灾引起的)大灾难
  • Web大屠杀;犹太人大屠杀;纳粹大屠杀
Plural Form:holocausts  
holocaust
n.
1.
[c]
(尤指战争或火灾引起的)大灾难,大毁灭a situation in which many things are destroyed and many people killed, especially because of a war or a fire
a nuclear holocaust
核灾难
2.
[sing]
(20 世纪 30 年代和 40 年代纳粹对数百万犹太人的)大屠杀the killing of millions of Jews by the Nazis in the 1930s and 1940s

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