hecatomb
noun · verbB1Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(Ancient Rome, historical)(Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, historical) A great public sacrifice to the gods, originally of a hundred oxen; also, a great number of animals reserved for such a sacrifice.
- 2.
(broadly, historical)(by extension, religion, historical) A great public sacrifice in other religions; also, a great number of animals or people reserved for such a sacrifice.
- 3.
(figuratively, literary, poetic)(figuratively, literary and poetic) A great number of animals, people, or things that are sacrificed or destroyed; any great sacrifice; also (generally), a large amount.
Đồng nghĩa: abundance, battalion, arseload, assload, bellyload, boatload, brimful, busload, bucketful, bucketload, butt-ton, bumload, buttload, cartload, crapload, deal, fuckload, fuckton, fuckwad, great deal, hantle, heap, hecatomb, helluvalot, horseload, lashings, load, lot, mampus, many, mass, metric fuckton, metric shitload, mickle, mountain, muckle, multiplicity, multitude, pile, ream, shedload, shitful, shitload, shitton, sight, slew, spadeloads, sum, superflux, ton, trainload, truckload, tun, vaultful, wagonload
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verb- 1.
(transitive)To provide (someone or something) with a hecatomb.
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{| class="floatright" | | gʷṓws |}ine-pro thumb|300px|Amanda Brewster Sewell, The Sacred Hecatombs (1904; public sacrifice). The painting depicts Greek#Adjective|Greek maidens and children dancing while leading a procession of [[cattle to be sacrificed to the gods.]]