hom·i·cide

noun

/ˈhɒmɪsaɪd/

/ˈhɑːmɪsaɪd/

[countable, uncountable] (especially North American English, law)

the act of killing another person, especially when it is a crime杀害他人的行为，尤其是犯罪行为
- He has been arrested on homicide and assault charges.他因杀人和侵犯他人身体的指控被逮捕。
- the homicide bureau (= the department of the US police that deals with murder)凶杀案调查局
Homicide is a general term and can also refer to a killing that is not a crime, for example because the person was trying to defend themselves. There are also different degrees of criminal homicide, for example depending on whether the killing was deliberate or planned in advance. compare culpable homicide, femicide, justifiable homicide, manslaughter, murderTopics Crime and punishmentc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- criminal
- culpable
- negligent
- …
homicide + noun
- detective
- unit
- investigation
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from Latin homicidium, from homo, homin- ‘man’.

单词	homicide
释义	hom·i·cide noun /ˈhɒmɪsaɪd/ /ˈhɑːmɪsaɪd/ [countable, uncountable] (especially North American English, law) the act of killing another person, especially when it is a crime杀害他人的行为，尤其是犯罪行为 He has been arrested on homicide and assault charges.他因杀人和侵犯他人身体的指控被逮捕。 the homicide bureau (= the department of the US police that deals with murder)凶杀案调查局 Homicide is a general term and can also refer to a killing that is not a crime, for example because the person was trying to defend themselves. There are also different degrees of criminal homicide, for example depending on whether the killing was deliberate or planned in advance. compare culpable homicide, femicide, justifiable homicide, manslaughter, murderTopics Crime and punishmentc2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective criminal culpable negligent … homicide + noun detective unit investigation … Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from Latin homicidium, from homo, homin- ‘man’.
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