mass shooting

/mæsˈʃutɪŋ/· n.

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mass shooting
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Chinese meaning

大dà规guī模mó枪qiāng击jī事shì件jiàn

短duǎn时shí间jiān内nèi多duō人rén被bèi枪qiāng击jī的de事shì件jiàn

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开kāi普pǔ敦dūn、约yuē翰hàn内nèi斯sī堡bǎo两liǎng起qǐ独dú立lì枪qiāng击jī

Example

At least 27 people were killed in separate mass shootings in Cape Town and Johannesburg, police said Sunday.

警jǐng方fāng周zhōu日rì表biǎo示shì,开kāi普pǔ敦dūn和hé约yuē翰hàn内nèi斯sī堡bǎo发fā生shēng了le两liǎng起qǐ独dú立lì的de大dà规guī模mó枪qiāng击jī事shì件jiàn,至zhì少shǎo 27 人rén遇yù难nàn。

Source: france24.com · 27 Sep 2026

Background ✎

南nán非fēi开kāi普pǔ敦dūn和hé约yuē翰hàn内nèi斯sī堡bǎo发fā生shēng两liǎng起qǐ独dú立lì的de大dà规guī模mó枪qiāng击jī事shì件jiàn,警jǐng方fāng周zhōu日rì表biǎo示shì至zhì少shǎo 27 人rén死sǐ亡wáng。目mù前qián两liǎng起qǐ案àn件jiàn都dōu没méi有yǒu嫌xián疑yí人rén被bèi捕bǔ,作zuò案àn动dòng机jī也yě还hái不bù清qīng楚chǔ。

Roots · etymology

由 mass(大规模)+ shooting(枪击)组成

  • mass(大量、大规模)+ shoot(开枪)+ -ing(名词化后缀)

Collocations

  • deadly mass shooting / mass shooting victims / mass shooting suspect

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