slew

英 [sluː] 美 [slu]
  • n. 回转；沼地；极多
  • vi. 扭转；侧滑；转向；猛拐
  • vt. 使扭转；使旋转
  • v. 杀害（slay的过去式）
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中文词源

slew 许多，大量

来自爱尔兰语 sluagh,军队，队伍，词源同 slogan.引申词义许多，大量。

英文词源

slew (n.1)
"swampy place," 1708, North American variant of slough.
slew (v.)
"to turn, swing, twist," 1834, earlier slue (1769), a nautical word, of unknown origin. Slewed (1801) is old nautical slang for "drunk." Slew-foot "clumsy person who walks with feet turned out" is from 1896.
slew (n.2)
"large number," 1839, from Irish sluagh "a host, crowd, multitude," from Celtic and Balto-Slavic *sloug- "help, service" (see slogan).

双语例句

1. There have been a whole slew of shooting incidents.
发生过大量枪击案。

来自柯林斯例句

2. They dealt with a slew of other issues.
他们处理了大量的其他问题。

来自柯林斯例句

3. St George slew the dragon.
圣乔治杀死了那条龙。

来自《权威词典》

4. St George slew the cattle.
圣乔治杀死牛.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. It was with those grenades Pablo slew the post at Otero.
巴勃罗就是用这种手榴弹干掉在奥特罗的哨所的.

来自辞典例句