| Englisch > Deutsch | |
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| butcher | |
| 1. Substantiv: | |
| 2. [1] Fleischer, Metzger, Schlachter | |
| 3. [2] Schlächter (brutaler Killer) | |
| [1] Do you buy meat from the local butcher or at the supermarket? | |
| Kaufst Du dein Fleisch beim hiesigen Metzger oder im Supermarket? | |
| [2] The general was known as "the butcher". | |
| Der General war auch als "der brutale Schlächter" bekannt. | |
| 4. Verb: | |
| 5. [1] schlachten | |
| 6. [2] abschlachten (brutal töten) | |
| 7. [3] pfuschen | |
| [1] People would be less inclined to eat meat if they had to butcher the cow themselves. | |
| Die Menschen würden weniger dazu neigt, Fleisch zu essen, wenn sie die Kühe selbst schlachten müssten. | |
| [2] The army butchered hundreds of civilians. | |
| Die Armee massakrierte Hunderte von Zivilisten. | |
| [3] The spam email was written in butchered English. | |
| Die Spammail war in einem verpfuschten Englisch geschrieben worden. | |
| Englisch > Englisch | |
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| butcher | |
| 1. subst. A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals). |  |
| 2. subst. (figurative) A brutal or indiscriminate killer. | |
| 3. subst. (Cockney rhyming slang) A look. | |
| 4. subst. (informal, obsolete) A person who sells candy, drinks, etc. in theatres, trains, circuses, etc. | |
| 5. v. To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market. | |
| 6. v. To kill brutally. | |
| 7. v. To ruin (something), often to the point of defamation. | |
| The band at that bar really butchered "Hotel California". | |
| 8. adj. comparative form of butch: more butch | |
| Deutsch > Englisch | |
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| Metzger | |
| 1. n-m. (regional, chiefly western Germany, southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland) butcher (male or of unspecified gender) | |
