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Slew Ed Car Slewed Large Past Tense Slay

英语单词 slew
英美音标 英 [sluː] 美 [sluː]
中文释义 n.沼地;回转;许多
v.转向
动词slay的过去式.
英语例句 (1) He faced a whole slew of problems.
(2) This year has seen a whole slew of novels set in Hong Kong.
(3) The car slewed round on the icy road.
中文例句 (1) 他面临了一大堆的问题。
(2) 今年出现了许多以香港为背景的小说。
(3) 车在结冰的路上打滑了。
vocabulary简明 Of all the many nouns referring to a large group of things, one of the most fun is slew, as in "I saw a whole slew of birds in the tree by the river."
vocabulary扩展 American English is constantly evolving, its richness coming from the many languages feeding into it. The noun slew, for instance, is from the Irish Gaelic sluagh, meaning "multitude." As an unrelated verb, it's the past tense of slay.
柯林斯解释
1
Slew is the past tense of slay .
    2
    [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)(车辆失控)滑行,(使)侧滑 If a vehicle slews or is slewed across a road, it slides across it.
      [V adv/prep]
      [V n prep/adv]
    • The bus slewed sideways...

      公共汽车滑到了一边。

    • A seven-ton lorry slewed across their path...

      一辆 7 吨的货车侧滑到了一侧。

    • He slewed the car against the side of the building.

      他的车滑到了大楼的一侧,抵住了。

    3
    [N-COUNT 可数名词]许多;大量 A slew of things is a large number of them.
      [usu sing]
      [mainly AM 主美]
    • There have been a whole slew of shooting incidents...

      发生过大量枪击案。

    • They dealt with a slew of other issues.

      他们处理了大量的其他问题。

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