Question of the Day #703

Elevator Blood Bath: Court Records Detail Deadly Shooting at Hyatt Regency

From the headline of this article at the Phoenix New Times.

上記の文で、blood bathの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "blood bath" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

流血の惨事

bloodbathとも書きます。
なお、下記例文でもわかるように比喩的に使用されることが多い。

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

Savage, indiscriminate killing; a massacre.

Also spelled as bloodbath.

Examples

• The war degenerated into a bloodbath of tribal killings.
• A few mutual funds performed well in the general bloodbath of the stock market
• Consumers will be delighted, but the reductions could trigger a high street bloodbath as stores try to compete. The Sun (2009)
• India’s travel and tourism industry may be heading for a bloodbath as Covid-19 cases continue to rise.
INDIA’S COVID-19 TOURISM SLUMP IS PUTTING OVER 85 MILLION JOBS AT RISK|NIHARIKA SHARMA|JULY 29, 2020|QUARTZ

• Attention Democrats: Unless you start getting angry, the midterm elections are going to be a bloodbath.
DEMOCRATS, YOU BETTER GET ANGRY OR YOU’LL LOSE CONGRESS|DEAN OBEIDALLAH|APRIL 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST


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