holocaust
- IPA[ˈhɒləkɔːst]
英式
- destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war；the mass murder of Jewish people under the German Nazi regime during the period 1941–5. More than 6 million European Jews, as well as members of other persecuted groups such as Romani, gay people, and disabled people, were murdered at concentration camps such as Auschwitz.
noun: holocaust, plural noun: holocausts
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名詞
- 1. destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war a nuclear holocaust
- ▪ the mass murder of Jewish people under the German Nazi regime during the period 1941–5. More than 6 million European Jews, as well as members of other persecuted groups such as Romani, gay people, and disabled people, were murdered at concentration camps such as Auschwitz.
- 2. historical a Jewish sacrificial offering that was burned completely on an altar.
- the belief or assertion that the Holocaust did not happen or was greatly exaggerated.
Oxford Dictionary
- the belief or assertion that the Holocaust did not happen or was greatly exaggerated.
Oxford American Dictionary
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- IPA[ˈhäləˌkôst]
美式
- destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war: a nuclear holocaust the threat of imminent holocaust
Oxford American Dictionary
