ho·lo·caust /ˈholəˌkɔst, ˈhɑ ||ˌkɑst ||ˈhɔləkɔst/
燒全獸的祭
Hol·o·caust n.
1. A burnt sacrifice; an offering, the whole of which was consumed by fire, among the Jews and some pagan nations.
2. Sacrifice or loss of many lives, as by the burning of a theater or a ship.
Note: [An extended use not authorized by careful writers.]
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holocaust
n 1: an act of great destruction and loss of life
2: the Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler [syn: final
solution]