女连环杀手 Female serial killers

墨西哥前职业女摔跤运动员“沉默夫人”被诉自2006年以来连续杀害十几位老年妇女，并于近日被判入狱759年。

A former female wrestler who terrorized Mexico City as the "Little Old Lady Killer" was sentenced to 759 years in jail on Monday for killing 16 elderly women. … Female serial killers are rare in any country.

本周一，以“小老太太杀手”之名吓刹墨西哥城的前女摔跤运动员因杀害16名老年妇女而被判入狱759年。…… 女连环杀手在任何国家都很罕见。

该报道中，female serial killer 就是 “女连环杀手”。serial 在这里是形容词，意指 of, pertaining to, consisting of, or occurring in a series rather than simultaneously （连续的，一系列的）；它也可以用作名词，指anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine （连载），例如：serial pictures （连环画），serial stories （连载小说），serial drama （连续剧）等。

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