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