holocaust
Các nghĩa
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lễ thiêu
An offering or sacrifice to a deity that is completely burned to ashes.
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sự hiến tế lớn
A complete or large offering or sacrifice.
Inſnar'd ſhe was in Shechems Treachery, / And, ſilly Mayden, ſuddenly became / An Holocauſt to Luſts unhappy Flame.
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sự thiêu hủy hoàn toàn
Complete destruction by fire; also, the thing so destroyed.
The hut was a holocaust; men fighting their way out howled and coughed on smoke.
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cuộc tàn sát hàng loạt
Extensive destruction of a group of animals or (especially) people; a large-scale massacre or slaughter.
a nuclear holocaust
Dạng khác
- holocausts plural