slew
英 [slu?]
美[slu]
- n. 回轉；沼地；極多
- vi. 扭轉；側滑；轉向；猛拐
- vt. 使扭轉；使旋轉
- v. 害（slay的過去式）
GRE
詞態變化
復數:?slews;第三人稱單數:?slews;過去式:?slewed;過去分詞:?slewed;現在分詞:?slewing;
中文詞源
slew 許多，大量
來自愛爾蘭語 sluagh,軍隊，隊伍，詞源同 slogan.引申詞義許多，大量。
英文詞源
- 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).
雙語例句
- 1. There have been a whole slew of shooting incidents.
- 發生過大量槍擊案。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. They dealt with a slew of other issues.
- 他們處理了大量的其他問題。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. St George slew the dragon.
- 圣喬治 了那條龍。
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. St George slew the cattle.
- 圣喬治 牛.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. It was with those grenades Pablo slew the post at Otero.
- 巴勃羅就是用這種手榴彈干掉在奧特羅的哨所的.
來自辭典例句