单词 | slew |
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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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