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Slew Nautical 13331.Slew 英 Sluː]美 Slu 释义 N

正面 13331.slew
英 [sluː]美 [slu]

背面
释义:
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)
例句:
1. There have been a whole slew of shooting incidents.发生过大量枪击案。

1. *reu-(拟声词根)=》 rut, roar, raucous, rumor, riot.2. from PIE echoic base *reu- "make hoarse cries".
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。
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)."

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