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Slew Turn Quantity(有限数量 Slewed Nautical Slu V.(使)旋转;N.大量 英

单词 slew
音标 [slu:]
解释 v.(使)旋转;n.大量
红宝书 【英】 v.(使)旋转 (to turn, twist; pivot);n.大量(a large number)
【考】 反义词:limited quantity(有限数量); paucity(极小量)
【记】 和slow(慢)一起记
【例】 He slewed around in his chair.a whole slew of boys.
字源 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).
不择手段背单词 n. 大量; v 使(车等)旋转
【记】slew是slow慢慢聚集的
【参】slue(v = slew; n 极多)
【反】limited quantity(有限数量); paucity(n 极小量)
趣味全助记 【记】音: 司炉,司炉负责生火使锅炉不停地旋转,里面有大量的热水;screw 螺钉钻进去是旋转着的,螺旋

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