slew
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
The act, or process of slewing.
- 2.
A device used for slewing.
- 3.
A change of position.
- 4.
(alt of, alternative)Alternative spelling of slough (“a marshy or swampy place”) (reflecting the alternative pronunciation).
- 5.
A large amount.
She has a slew of papers and notebooks strewn all over her desk.
Đồng nghĩa: bucketful, superflux, abundance, battalion, arseload, assload, bellyload, boatload, brimful, busload, bucketful, bucketload, butt-ton, bumload, buttload, cartload, crapload, deal, fuckload, fuckton, fuckwad, great deal, hantle, heap, hecatomb, helluvalot, horseload, lashings, load, lot, mampus, many, mass, metric fuckton, metric shitload, mickle, mountain, muckle, multiplicity, multitude, pile, ream, shedload, shitful, shitload, shitton, sight, slew, spadeloads, sum, superflux, ton, trainload, truckload, tun, vaultful, wagonload
- 6.
A crowd or large number of people.
Đồng nghĩa: multitude, throng, assemblage, congregation, crowd, flock, horde, huddle, legion, mass, multitude, press, slew, throng
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)(transitive, nautical) To rotate or turn something about its axis.
- 2.
(transitive)To veer a vehicle.
- 3.
(transitive)To insert extra ticks or skip some ticks of a clock to slowly correct its time.
- 4.
(intransitive)To pivot.
- 5.
(intransitive)To skid.
- 6.
(transitive)(transitive, rail transport) To move something (usually a railway line) sideways.
The single line was slewed onto the disused up formation to make way for the future redoubling.
- 7.
(British, slang, transitive)To make a public mockery of someone through insult or wit.
- 8.
(form of, past)simple past of slay
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In all senses, a mostly British spelling of slue.