单词 | slay |
释义 | slay I. transitive verb 1. a. < began to throttle his enemy, meaning … to slay him — Rudyard Kipling > b. < gradually they were eliminated, slaughtered by bullets or slain by disease — Philip Mason > 2. < growers slew laying hens when poultryless Thursday depressed prices — advt > 3. < these semiautomatic words and phrases should be slain — J.E.Gloag > < the great love she … had she was slaying — Rose Macaulay > 4. < used to slay myself with exhaustion — Eve Langley > < slays the girls with his rugged virility — C.J.Rolo > intransitive verb < no other infection so quickly slays — Journal American Medical Association > Synonyms: see kill II. variant of sley |
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