"swampy place," 1708, North American variant of slough.
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.
slew (n.2)
"large number," 1839, from Irish sluagh "a host, crowd, multitude," from Celtic and Balto-Slavic *sloug- "help, service" (see slogan).
雙語例句
1. There have been a whole slew of shooting incidents.
發生過大量槍擊案。
來自柯林斯例句
2. They dealt with a slew of other issues.
他們處理了大量的其他問題。
來自柯林斯例句
3. St George slew the dragon.
圣喬治殺死了那條龍。
來自《權威詞典》
4. St George slew the cattle.
圣喬治殺死牛.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. It was with those grenades Pablo slew the post at Otero.