| 单词 | spree killer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspree killer spree killer n. originally U.S. a person who kills in a frenzied, random, apparently unpremeditated manner with no obvious motive; spec. one who kills a number of people at one particular time and location in this manner; cf. serial killer n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > man-killer or homicide > [noun] > murderer or assassin > types of assassin1340 Old Man of the Mountain1579 fedai1723 thug1810 nasty man1863 Jack the Ripper1888 ripper1909 trunk murderer1925 sex killer1935 mass-murderer1943 serial murderer1947 psycho-killer1949 serial killer1967 spree killer1983 1983 People 3 Oct. 92/2 They met in 1972 while filming Badlands—he designed the sets, she played a spree-killer's sweetheart. 1996 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 19 Sept. 18 What Sir Jerry conveniently seems to forget is that the last three spree killers in Britain..all held legal gun licences. 1997 Time 28 July 32/1 Some experts on murder say the term serial killer, which usually describes someone who returns to a normal routine between bursts of rage, doesn't quite fit [him]. They've been rolling out ‘spree killer’. It's more appropriate for somebody on a full-time lethal tear. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。