中英互译
slay
英 /sleɪ/美 /sleɪ/
基本释义
- v.(以暴力)杀死;<美>(尤用于报章)谋杀;<非正式>给(某人)以极深印象,逗乐(某人)
- 人名 (Slay)(美)斯莱(人名)
第三人称单数slays
现在分词slaying
过去式slew或slayed
过去分词slain或slayed
GRE
词语例句
(以暴力)杀死vt.
St George slew the dragon.
圣乔治杀死了那条龙。
<美>(尤用于报章)谋杀vt.
Two passengers were slain by the hijackers.
两名乘客遭劫机者杀害。
<非正式>给(某人)以极深印象,逗乐(某人)vt.
Those old movies still slay me!
那些老影片依旧让我着迷!
- Those old movies still slay me!那些老影片依旧让我着迷!来自《牛津词典》
- The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.恶人窥探义人,想要杀他。
- Her goal: to slay 21 Yankees, one for each year of her beau's life.她的目标:宰掉21个北方佬,21是她情郎的年龄。
网络短语
- Slay the Spire屠戮高塔;王老菊;尖塔奇兵
- Zombie Slay杀死僵尸
- Santas Slay圣诞老人的谋杀;圣诞恶搞
- slay fill矿喳填料
- Slay Living杀生术
词语扩展
vt.
杀害,杀死;使禁不住大笑
vi.
杀死,杀害;残杀
词义分布
杀
56.9%
杀死
43.1%
英英释义
- v.kill intentionally and with premeditation
词源
- slay杀,杀害,残杀来自古英语 slean,杀,屠宰,来自 Proto-Germanic*slog,击,砍,来自 PIE*slak,击,砍,可能 来自 PIE*skel,砍,劈,切,词源同 scale,shale,shell.
- slayFrom Middle English sleen, slayn, from Old English slēan (“to strike, beat, smite, stamp, forge, sting, slay, kill, impact”), from Proto-Germanic *slahaną (“to fight, strike, kill”), from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, strike, throw”). Cognate with Dutch slaan (“to beat, hit, strike”), Low German slaan (“hit, strike”), German schlagen (“to beat, hit, strike”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish slå (“to knock, beat, strike”), Icelandic slá (“to strike”). Related to slaughter, onslaught.