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1. Oxford Dictionary

   hecatomb

   • IPA[ˈhɛkətuːm]

   英式

   • n.
     (in ancient Greece or Rome) a great public sacrifice, originally of a hundred oxen；an extensive loss of life

   • noun: hecatomb, plural noun: hecatombs

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. (in ancient Greece or Rome) a great public sacrifice, originally of a hundred oxen After Pythagoras discovered his fundamental theorem he sacrificed a hecatomb of oxen
   • ▪ an extensive loss of life excessive urbanization, global warming, and various pollutions are at the origin of this hecatomb he orchestrated another hecatomb in 2008, resulting in the deaths of more than 270 opposition activists
3. • 更多解釋

   hecatomb

   • IPA[ˈhekəˌtōm]

   美式

   • n.
     (in ancient Greece or Rome) a great public sacrifice, originally of a hundred oxen: After Pythagoras discovered his fundamental theorem he sacrificed a hecatomb of oxen

   Oxford American Dictionary