slew

英 [sluː]

美 [sluː]

v.  (使)突然转向，急转
n.  大量; 许多
slay的过去式

过去分词：slewed　现在分词：slewing　复数：slews　过去式：slewed　第三人称单数：slews　

GRE

BNC.21735 / COCA.12917

牛津词典

verb

• （使）突然转向，急转
  to turn or slide suddenly in another direction; to make a vehicle do this
  1. The car skidded and slewed sideways.
     汽车打滑，向一侧偏去。
  2. He slewed the motorbike over as they hit the freeway.
     他们冲到高速公路时，他赶紧把摩托车调转方向。

noun

• 大量；许多
  a large number or amount of sth

柯林斯词典

• 
  Slewis the past tense ofslay.
• V-ERG (使)(车辆失控)滑行,(使)侧滑
  If a vehicleslewsoris slewedacross a road, it slides across it.
  1. The bus slewed sideways...
     公共汽车滑到了一边。
  2. A seven-ton lorry slewed across their path...
     一辆 7 吨的货车侧滑到了一侧。
  3. He slewed the car against the side of the building.
     他的车滑到了大楼的一侧，抵住了。
• N-COUNT 许多;大量
  Aslew ofthings is a large number of them.
  1. There have been a whole slew of shooting incidents...
     发生过大量枪击案。
  2. They dealt with a slew of other issues.
     他们处理了大量的其他问题。

英英释义

noun

• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
  1. a batch of letters
  2. a deal of trouble
  3. a lot of money
  4. he made a mint on the stock market
  5. see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
  6. it must have cost plenty
  7. a slew of journalists
  8. a wad of money
  Synonym:batchdealflockgood dealgreat dealhatfulheaplotmassmessmicklemintmountainmucklepasselpeckpileplentypotquite a littleraftsightspatestacktidy sumwad

verb

• move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
  1. the wheels skidded against the sidewalk
  Synonym:skidslipslueslide
• turn sharply
  1. The car cut to the left at the intersection
  2. The motorbike veered to the right
  Synonym:swervesheercurvetrendveersluecut

双语例句

• You slew that Rico cop here?
  你在这里杀了那个rico警察？
• Contributing to my fragile state of mind was a slew of personal crises.
  许多个人危机造成了我脆弱的心理状态。
• He faced a whole slew of problems.
  他面临了一大堆的问题。
• And there are a slew of reports that his glamorous wife, Carla Bruni Sarkozy, is pregnant.
  同时许多报导说，他迷人的妻子卡拉.布鲁尼.萨科齐怀孕了。
• A pity, I could have used some gold. I also slew my mother, somewhat earlier.
  我当年也谋杀了我母亲，不过那是很早之前的事了。
• A slew of self-help books and spiritual readings will tell you that you and you alone are responsible for your happiness* they make a great point!
  许多的励志书籍和心灵读物会告诉你，正是你自己仅仅是你自己有责任让自己幸福，它们说的太对了！
• He slew all who dared to withstand him.
  他把敢于对抗他的人都斩尽杀绝。
• We've got some great people working on it and a slew of awesome ideas.
  我们有一些大师在从事此项工作并提出了一系列新的令人敬畏的想法。
• The Harry Potter books offer a slew of magical beasts for the theme park to create.
  哈利波特丛书提供了大量的魔法兽等待主题公园创造。
• I had no job, a mortgage, and whole slew of bills.
  我没有工作，抵押，一堆账单。