参考词典中decimate的常规释义:
基本释义
- vt. 每十人杀一人,大批杀害
降低10%
词形变化
- 时 态:dec·i·mat·ed, dec·i·mat·ing, dec·i·mates名 词:dec'i·ma'tion
英英解释
2个动词解释
- kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
- kill in large numbers
[同] decimate, eliminate, eradicate, extinguish, annihilate, carry off, wipe out
[例]- the plague wiped out an entire population
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