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单词 slew
释义
slew1 verbslew2 verbslew3 noun
slewslew1 /sluː/ verb [intransitive, transitive always + adverb/preposition] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINslew1
Origin:
1700-1800 Origin unknown
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
slew
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyslew
he, she, itslews
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyslewed
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave slewed
he, she, ithas slewed
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad slewed
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill slew
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have slewed
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • He fumbled his way into the car and sent it slewing toward the road, wipers scything at the rain.
  • Melanie slewed round on her knees to watch him.
  • The cars slew to a halt, blocking the traffic.
to turn or slide in a different direction suddenly and violently, or to make a vehicle do this SYN  skidslew around/sideways I lost control of the car and it slewed sideways into the ditch.
slew1 verbslew2 verbslew3 noun
slewslew2 verb Verb Table
VERB TABLE
slew
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyslew
he, she, itslews
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyslewed
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave slewed
he, she, ithas slewed
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad slewed
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill slew
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have slewed
the past tense of slay
slew1 verbslew2 verbslew3 noun
slewslew3 noun Word Origin
WORD ORIGINslew3
Origin:
1800-1900 Irish Gaelic sluagh
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • It may embody a slew of things.
  • Online services like Napster helped generate interest in a slew of new computer products in recent months.
  • The festive gala features a slew of activities for all ages.
  • They had lost a slew of close games, were getting minimal production from their frontcourt and sporadic play from the perimeter.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • A whole slew of cheap motels are springing up west of town.
  • He lost his hold on the bag and a slew of rice and chicken and ochre sauce splashed on to the carpet.
  • It may embody a slew of things.
  • No need for anyone to point out the unlikelihood of such a slew of benign effects occurring the same week.
  • Online services like Napster helped generate interest in a slew of new computer products in recent months.
  • The festive gala features a slew of activities for all ages.
  • They had lost a slew of close games, were getting minimal production from their frontcourt and sporadic play from the perimeter.
  • When the feud broke out into the open, it exposed a slew of corruption charges from both camps.
a slew of something informal a large number of things:  a whole slew of cheap motels
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