slew
slew 英 [slu:] 美 [slu]
n. 回转；沼地；极多 vi. 扭转；侧滑；转向；猛拐 vt. 使扭转；使旋转
进行时:slewing 过去式:slewed 过去分词:slewed 第三人称单数:slews 名词复数:slews
- 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."
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- n. 回转；沼地；极多
- vi. 扭转；侧滑；转向；猛拐
- vt. 使扭转；使旋转
- v. 杀害（slay的过去式）
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1. Now those guides have gone multimedia, with a slew of new sites offering video how-tos from the users themselves.
现在，那些指南已经由多媒体代替，有许多新的网站由用户本身来提供视频指引。
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2. In fact, it's getting easier every day, thanks to a slew of gadgets that can monitor how much electricity you use, reduce energy waste and even generate a little juice to power your digital lifestyle.
事实上，感谢那个旋转的小发明可以检测每天我们电的使用量，它使我们每天变得很轻松。 减少能源的浪费和做一点果汁给你的数字生活风多风采。
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3. My brother slew one dragon and befriended another, and together they rescued the queen's son from kidnappers.
我弟弟杀死了一条龙，并和另外一条成了朋友，他们一起从绑匪那儿营救了女王的儿子。
- slew (n.1) "swampy place," 1708, North American variant of slough.
- slew (n.2) "large number," 1839, from Irish sluagh "a host, crowd, multitude," from Celtic and Balto-Slavic *sloug- "help, service" (see slogan).
- 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.
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