英:['sleɪə]
美:['sleɪə]
英:['sleɪə]
美:['sleɪə]
复数:slayers
词根:slay
n.slew 回转;沼地;极多
v.slew 杀害(slay的过去式)
vi.slew 扭转;侧滑;转向;猛拐
slay 杀死,杀害;残杀
vt.slew 使扭转;使旋转
slay 杀害,杀死;使禁不住大笑
verb
transitive to kill violently, wantonly, or in great numbers This was the appearance of a dreadful epidemic which in that age, and long before and afterward, was wont to slay its hundreds and thousands on both sides of the Atlantic.—Nathaniel Hawthornebroadly: to strike down : kill slay a dragon "It's a lot easier to slay a vampire with a stake in the heart than it is to slay some of our demons that are in our heads." —Rachel T. Hill
slay the enemy
transitive informal to delight or amuse immensely … [Seth Rogen] is currently slaying critics with Superbad, which he co-wrote with Evan Goldberg.—Tanner Stransky
slayed the audience
transitive + intransitive informal to do something or perform exceptionally well or impressively : to be exceptionally impressive Beyoncé did not come to this year's Grammy Awards just to slay, she came to make a statement.—Jackie Fields From the red carpet to her sure-to-be epic performance, one thing is for certain—she's gonna slay.—Quinn Keaney
From the Let Girls Learn initiative to her Vogue covers, [Yara Shahidi] slays it all.—Rebecca Sun
14世纪晚期, sleer,“杀手,凶手”,是 slay(动词)的代词名词; 也参见 -er(1)。古英语的代词名词是 slaga “杀手,凶手”。德语同源词 Schläger 是“打手,木槌”。
Middle English slen, from Old English slēan to strike, slay; akin to Old High German slahan to strike, Middle Irish slachta stricken
The first known use of slay was before the 12th century
sledge1 of 3noun
sledgehammer entry 1
sledge2 of 3noun
a strong heavy sled
sledge3 of 3verb
to travel with or transport on a sledge
sled1 of 2noun
a vehicle usually on runners for transportation especially over snow or ice
a small sled used especially by children for coasting on snow-covered slopes
sled2 of 2verb
to ride or carry on a sled or sleigh
sled1 of 2noun
a vehicle usually on runners for transportation especially over snow or ice
a small sled used especially by children for coasting on snow-covered slopes
sled2 of 2verb
to ride or carry on a sled or sleigh
sleazyadjective
not firm in texture : flimsy
made carelessly of poor material : shoddy
sleazyadjective
not firm in texture : flimsy
made carelessly of poor material : shoddy
sleazyadjective
not firm in texture : flimsy
made carelessly of poor material : shoddy
slayverb
to put to death violently or in great numbers
1 His grandsire had been slain by Robert at Summer- hall; somehow this had elevated his slayer to godlike prowess in the grandson’s eyes.
2 The young man was Oedipus, who thus unknowingly became the slayer of his own father.
这位青年就是俄狄浦斯。他在不明真相的情况下杀死了自己的父亲。
3 millions have been slain worldwide by this dreadful disease
4 Many were also flabbergasted by the dragon slayer’s identity:
5 But as it turns out, Steven Yeun — who played the pizza delivery boy turned zombie slayer — wouldn’t have had it any other way.
6 The series has room for Hollywood as well, in the form of “Blade,” the 1998 superhero horror film that casts Wesley Snipes as a half-vampire vampire slayer.
7 A blizzard hits and nature becomes the ruthless slayer that she is, picking off climbers one by one and sending them down into “the horror of all that silent blue dark.”
8 David Boies, the slayer of Microsoft’s monopoly, the man Al Gore turned to in hopes of salvaging his bid for the presidency.
9 Whether you favor Beethoven or Slayer, there is one thing I think we can all agree on: music makes life better.
无论你喜欢贝多芬还是杀手乐队,有一件事我想我们都认同:音乐让生活更美好。
10 The NFTs created for this campaign are based on tools the character apparently uses in his mission: the pizza slayer, the pizza crusher and the balloon blockade.
11 "I'm not so much a dragon slayer, more a dragon annoyer -- I'm a dragon irritater," he said.
12 The King- slayer, alive and free, was as dangerous as any man in the realm.
13 He is a skilled comedic slayer at this point.
14 But for decades, he has presented himself among his fellow philosophers as a ruthless slayer of metaphysical fancy.
15 The knight slew the dragon.
16 The Whitehorn family also offered a $2,500 reward to catch Charles’s slayers.
17 And Godry the Giant- slayer said, “The old gods of the north have sent this storm upon us. Only R’hllor can end it. We must give him an unbeliever.”
18 If the death was found to be accidental, the slayer could flee for safety to one of the cities of refuge.
如果杀人的行为纯属意外,误杀人的凶手可以逃往逃城,便得庇护。
19 But not everybody has a concussion, obviously, not everyone wants to be "the slayer," so I renamed the game SuperBetter.
显然,并不是每个人都曾有过脑震荡,也不是每个人都想变成“杀手”,现在我从新命名了游戏叫SuperBetter。
20 The wildlings were cruel men, she said, slavers and slayers and thieves.