slay

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 感叹词 intj.
中文释义
发音 slā

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Something excellent, amazing, or fashionable.
    — Equally effervescent was EmRata [Emily Ratajkowski] in 2001 Versace; meanwhile Zendaya, clothed in a 1996 John Galliano for Givenchy gown that could rival Queen Victoria’s regal mourning robes, was a slay for the ages.
  2. Alternative form of sley alt-of,alternative
动词 v.
  1. To kill; to murder. literary,transitive
    — The knight slew the dragon.
  2. To eradicate or stamp out. literary,transitive
    — You must slay these thoughts.
  3. To defeat; to overcome (in a competition or contest). broadly,excessive,informal,transitive
    — The Yankees were actually slayed by two former Yankees because Rich Gossage pitched one scoreless inning in relief of Eckersley to notch his first victory.
  4. To delight or overwhelm, especially with laughter. slang,transitive
    — Ha ha! You slay me!
  5. To amaze, stun, or otherwise incapacitate by excellence; to excel at something. ambitransitive
    — Your outfit slays!
  6. To have sex with. slang
形容词 adj.
  1. That slays (in any sense).
感叹词 intj.
  1. Used to express approval or amazement.
    — Despite its dismal performance at the box office, Jennifer’s Body has become a cult favourite – particularly amongst queer women. The horror-comedy stars Megan Fox as a cheerleader who becomes possessed by a succubus – a demon who seduces men, kills them and devours their flesh etc. Slay!

词形变化

slays present,singular,third-person slaying participle,present slew past slayed past slain participle,past slayed participle,past yslain obsolete,participle,past more slay comparative most slay superlative slays plural slays plural

词汇关系

衍生词
foreslay hack-and-slay reslay slayable slayage slayee slayer slay queen slay someone in the Spirit
相关词
onslaught slaughter self-slaughter

词源

词源 1
From Middle English sleen, slen, from Old English slēan (“to hit, punch, strike; to kill”), from Proto-West Germanic *slahan, from Proto-Germanic *slahaną (“to hit, strike; to kill”), from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, strike, throw”).
Cognates
Cognate with Alemannic German schlaa (“to beat, hit”), Central Franconian schlage, schlon, schloon (“to beat, hit, strike”), Dutch and Low German slaan (“to beat, hit, strike”), German schlagen, schlahen, schlahn (“to beat, hit, strike”), Luxembourgish schloen (“to beat, defeat, hit”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish slå (“to beat, hit, strike”), Faroese sláa (“to beat, strike”), Icelandic slá (“to hit, strike”), Gothic 𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (slahan, “to hit, smite, strike”). Related to slaughter, onslaught.
词源 2
See sley
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