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词汇 slay
释义 slay
verb
uk /sleɪ/ us /sleɪ/slew | slain

slayverb (KILL)


[ T ]UKold use or literary
to kill in a violent way: (以暴力)杀死;残杀
St George slew the dragon.圣乔治杀死了那条龙。
[ T ]mainly US
(used especially in newspapers) to murder someone: (尤用于报纸新闻报道)谋杀,杀害
He was found slain in an alley two blocks from his apartment.人们发现他在距其公寓两个街区的一条小巷里被杀害了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Murder & attempted murder
asphyxiation
assassinate
assassination
assassination attempt
attempt
butcher
dispatch
drive-by
genocidal
genocide
gun someone down
homicide
infanticide
polish something off
pop off
put someone to the swordidiom
regicide
rub
slaughter
throttle

slayverb (IMPRESS)


[ I or T ]informal
to impress someone very much or to be very good or impressive:
The actors slay me with the quality of their acting.
I came here to slay.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Showing respect and admiration
admiration
admire
admiring
admiringly
approving
approvingly
forelock
freedom
fulsome
fulsomely
fulsomeness
glorify
grovelling
pay your respectsidiom
pedestal
philogynist
philogyny
put someone on a pedestalidiom
regild
worshipful

slayverb (UPSET)


[ T ]informal
to make someone feel very upset or disappointed:
I always cry at Christmas films. They slay me every time.
What slays me is that I could have married her when she was single back in 2010.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Becoming too excited and easily upset
ado
ant
antsy
at the end of your tetheridiom
be in a whirlidiom
demented
febrile
have a weak stomachidiom
have ants in your pantsidiom
have thin/thick skinidiom
high-strung
highly strung
hysterics
lather
not for the squeamishidiom
overeager
overeagerness
oversensitive
overwrought
worked up

slay | American Dictionary


slay
verb[ T ]
us/sleɪ/past tenseslewus/slu/ | past participleslainus/sleɪn/
to kill someone violently:
They believe he was slain for organizing workers.
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