名詞 butcher:

1. a retailer of meat
   同義詞：meatman
2. a brutal indiscriminate murderer
3. a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
   同義詞：slaughterer
4. someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
   同義詞：bungler, blunderer, fumbler, bumbler, stumbler, sad sack, botcher, fuckup

動詞 butcher:

1. kill (animals) usually for food consumption
   同義詞：slaughter

形容詞 butch:

1. used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner
   同義詞：butch, macho
2. pejorative synonym for lesbian
   同義詞：butch

1. The tailor has butchered this suit.
   裁縫把這套衣服做壞了。
2. Hitler was as a great a butcher as the world has seen.
   希特勒是有史以來最大的殺人狂。
3. They butchered the war prisoners.
   他們殘殺戰(zhàn)俘。

butch.er

n.（名詞）

One that slaughters and dresses animals for food or market.
屠夫，屠戶：為了食用或買賣而宰殺和處理動物的人
One that sells meats.
屠戶：賣肉的商販
One who kills brutally or indiscriminately.
屠殺者，劊子手：殘忍的或濫殺無辜的人
A vender, especially one on a train or in a theater.
小販：尤指在火車上或劇院里賣糖果的小販
One who bungles something.
笨拙的人：一個將事情搞得一團(tuán)糟的人
v.tr.（及物動詞）
butch.ered,butch.er.ing,butch.ers
To slaughter or prepare (animals) for market.
屠宰：為了買賣而宰殺或處理（動物）
To kill brutally or indiscriminately.
屠殺，虐殺：殘忍地或不加選擇地濫殺
To botch; bungle:
弄糟；弄壞：
例句：
butcher a project; butchered the language.
弄糟一個項目；扼殺語言文化

來源：
Middle English bucher
中古英語 bucher
from Old French bouchier
源自 古法語 bouchier
from bouc, boc [he-goat]
源自 bouc, boc [公羊]
[probably of Celtic origin]
[源于凱爾特語的]

【引伸】
butch.erer
n.（名詞）