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slay
slay / slei /

verb (slew / sluː / , slain / slein / )
  ▪ [VN]
1. (old-fashioned or literary)  to kill sb / sth in a war or a fight
   (在战争或搏斗中)杀,杀死:
   St George slew the dragon.
   圣乔治杀死了那条龙。
2. (especially NAmE) (used especially in newspapers 尤用于报章) to murder sb
   杀害；残害；谋杀:
   Two passengers were slain by the hijackers.
   两名乘客遭劫机者杀害。
3. (old-fashioned, informal, especially NAmE) to have a strong effect on sb
   深深打动；迷住:
   Those old movies still slay me!
   那些老影片依旧让我着迷！
• slay·ing noun (especially NAmE) :
   the drug-related slayings of nine people
   那宗和毒品有关的五人被杀的案子

slay
/ˈsleı/ verb , slays, slew /ˈsluː/ also   slayed, slain /ˈsleın/, slay·ing [  + obj  ]
  1 a literary : to kill (someone or something) especially in a battle or war
   The knight slew the dragon.
  1 b US : to kill (someone) — used especially in newspaper stories and headlines;
  — usually used as (be) slain
   The victims were slain in their homes.
   The headline read “Three Slain in Bank Robbery.”
  2 chiefly US, informal + old-fashioned : to delight or amuse (someone) very much
   That guy slays me. [=that guy kills me; I think he's very funny]
  slay·er noun , pl   -ers [  count  ]
  slaying noun , pl   -ings [  count  ] chiefly US
   Police have arrested a man in connection with three slayings that happened last month.


slay
[sleɪ]
   (verb 动词)
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   SYNONYM 同义词:assassinate, bumpoff, butcher, destroy, dispatch, execute, exterminate,[informal日常用语]  finish off, SEE参阅 kill, martyr, massacre, murder, put down, put todeath, slaughter.
VERB:1. To cause the death of: carry off, cut down, cut off, destroy, dispatch, finish (off), kill1. Slang : waste, zap. Idioms: put an end to, put to sleep. See [size=-1]HELP.
2. To take the life of (a person or persons) unlawfully: destroy, finish (off), kill1, liquidate, murder. Informal : put away. Slang : bump off, do in, knock off, off, rub out, waste, wipe out, zap. See [size=-1]HELP.


slay / sle ; sleɪ /
◙verb (past tense slew) / slu ; sluː / , (past participle slain) / slen ; sleɪn / [T]
1. to kill someone – used especially in newspapers
• 杀害，残杀，谋杀〔尤用于报纸上〕
2. [AmE spoken informal] to amuse someone a lot
• 逗得…十分开心，使笑倒
♦slayer noun [C]