"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).
实用例句
1. There have been a whole slew of shooting incidents.
发生过大量枪击案。
来自柯林斯例句
2. They dealt with a slew of other issues.
他们处理了大量的其他问题。
来自柯林斯例句
3. St George slew the dragon.
圣乔治杀死了那条龙。
来自《权威词典》
4. St George slew the cattle.
圣乔治杀死牛.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. It was with those grenades Pablo slew the post at Otero.
