slay
verb
uk/sleɪ/us/sleɪ/slew|slainslayverb(KILL)
[T]UKold useorliterary
tokillin aviolentway:
（以暴力）杀死；残杀St George slew thedragon.圣乔治杀死了那条龙。
[T]mainlyUS
(usedespeciallyinnewspapers) tomurdersomeone:
（尤用于报纸新闻报道）谋杀，杀害He wasfoundslain in analleytwoblocksfrom hisapartment.人们发现他在距其公寓两个街区的一条小巷里被杀害了。
Murder & attempted murder
- asphyxiation
- assassinate
- assassination
- attempt
- bloodstained
- butcher
- drive-by
- genocide
- gunsomeonedown
- holocaust
- homicide
- infanticide
- polish
- polishsomethingoff
- pop off
- putsomeoneto the swordidiom
- regicide
- slaughter
- snuff
- throttle
slayverb(IMPRESS)
[IorT]informal
toimpresssomeone very much or to be very good orimpressive:
Theactorsslay me with thequalityoftheiracting.
I came here to slay.
Showing respect and admiration
- admiration
- admire
- admiring
- admiringly
- approvingly
- freedom
- fulsomely
- fulsomeness
- glorify
- hallow
- homage
- honour
- payyourrespectsidiom
- putsomeoneon a pedestalidiom
- respectful
- respectfully
- retire
- retire a numberidiom
- revere
- reverence
slayverb(UPSET)
[T]informal
to make someonefeelveryupsetordisappointed:
I alwayscryatChristmasfilms. They slay me everytime.
What slays me is that I could havemarriedher when she wassingleback in 2010.
Becoming too excited and easily upset
- ado
- ant
- antsy
- at the end ofyourtetheridiom
- be in a whirlidiom
- demented
- febrile
- have ants inyourpantsidiom
- have thin/thick skinidiom
- high-strung
- highly strung
- hot under the collaridiom
- hysterical
- lather
- overeager
- overeagerness
- oversensitive
- overwrought
- shockable
- whirl