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单词 slay
释义 slay
I. \ˈslā\ verb
(slew \-lü\ ; slain \-lān\ ; slaying ; slays)
Etymology: Middle English slan, slen, from Old English slēan to strike, beat, slay; akin to Old High German slahan to strike, beat, Old Norse slā, Gothic slahan to strike, beat, Middle Irish slacaim I beat
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to deprive of life by force : put (a person) to death violently : murder
  < began to throttle his enemy, meaning … to slay him — Rudyard Kipling >
 b. : to strike down : kill
  < gradually they were eliminated, slaughtered by bullets or slain by disease — Philip Mason >
2. : to put (an animal) to death especially for food or as a sacrifice : slaughter
 < growers slew laying hens when poultryless Thursday depressed prices — advt >
3. : to stifle or destroy completely : eradicate, suppress
 < these semiautomatic words and phrases should be slain — J.E.Gloag >
 < the great love she … had she was slaying — Rose Macaulay >
4. : to affect overpoweringly : overwhelm
 < used to slay myself with exhaustion — Eve Langley >
 < slays the girls with his rugged virility — C.J.Rolo >
intransitive verb
: to cause death : kill
 < no other infection so quickly slaysJournal American Medical Association >
Synonyms: see kill
II.
variant of sley
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