Holocaust是什么？

holocaust
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n.
Great or total destruction, especially by fire.
浩劫尤指火灾造成的巨大和完全的毁坏
Widespread destruction.
大面积的毁灭
A great disaster.
大灾难
Holocaust
The genocide of European Jews and others by the Nazis during World War II:
大屠杀二战中纳粹对欧洲的犹太人和其他民族实行的种族灭绝：
揑srael emerged from the Holocaust and is defined in relation to that catastrophe?Emanuel Litvinoff)
“以色列是在大屠杀中出现并与那次灾难有关”(伊曼纽尔·利特温诺弗)
A massive slaughter:
大屠杀：
揳n important document in the so-far sketchy annals of the Cambodian holocaust?Rod Nordland)
“迄今为止不完全的编年史中关于柬埔寨屠杀的重要文件”(罗德·诺尔兰)
A sacrificial offering that is consumed entirely by flames.
燔祭用火烧祭的供品

Middle English[ burnt offering ]
中古英语[ 焚烧的祭品 ]
fromOld French holocauste
源自古法语 holocauste
fromLatin holocaustum
源自拉丁语 holocaustum
fromGreek holokauston,from neuter of hol