killer
n person, animal or thing that kills 杀生的人、 动物或事物
Police are hunting her killer. 警方正在追捕杀害她的凶手.
Heroin is a killer. 海洛因是致命的毒品.
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a killer disease 致命的疾病
Sharks have the killer instinct. 鲨鱼有嗜杀的本性.
Do you remember one afternoon ten years ago when I came to your house and borrowed a necklace of yours? Pierre, my husband, was working in a government office. We'd been invited to a ball at the palace so I needed to borrow some jewellery.