the Yorkshire Ripper
/ðə ˌjɔːkʃə ˈrɪpə(r)/
/ðə ˌjɔːrkʃər ˈrɪpər/
- the name given by the press to Peter Sutcliffe, an Englishman who murdered thirteen women and tried to kill several more in the north of England in the 1970s, before he was caught in 1981. The name was meant to suggest that his crimes were similar to those of Jack the Ripper.
约克郡开膛手（Yorkshire Ripper）：新闻界给彼得·萨特克利夫（Peter Sutcliffe）的名字，他杀死了13名妇女，并在1970年代谋杀了英格兰北部的几名妇女，直到1981年被捕。这个名字的意思是暗示他犯罪与开膛手杰克的犯罪相似。