slay

• vt. 杀害，杀死；使禁不住大笑
• vi. 杀死，杀害；残杀
• n. (Slay)人名；(英、柬)斯莱

来自古英语 slean,杀，屠宰，来自 Proto-Germanic*slog,击，砍，来自 PIE*slak,击，砍，可能 来自 PIE*skel,砍，劈，切，词源同 scale,shale,shell.

1. kill intentionally and with premeditation;

"The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"

slay

slay: [OE] Etymologically, slay means ‘hit’ (its German relative schlagen still does), but from the earliest Old English times it was also used for ‘kill’. It comes from a prehistoric Germanic base *slakh-, *slag-, *slög- ‘hit’, which also produced English onslaught, slaughter, the sledge of sledgehammer, sleight, sly, and possibly slag [16] (from the notion of ‘hitting’ rock to produce fragments), slog, and slug ‘hit’.
=> onslaught, slaughter, sledge, sleight, sly

slay (v.)

Old English slean "to smite, strike, beat," also "to kill with a weapon, slaughter" (class VI strong verb; past tense sloh, slog, past participle slagen), from Proto-Germanic *slahan, from root *slog- "to hit" (cognates: Old Norse and Old Frisian sla, Danish slaa, Middle Dutch slaen, Dutch slaan, Old High German slahan, German schlagen, Gothic slahan "to strike"). The Germanic words are from PIE root *slak- "to strike" (cognates: Middle Irish past participle slactha "struck," slacc "sword").

Modern German cognate schlagen maintains the original sense of "to strike." Meaning "overwhelm with delight" (mid-14c.) preserves one of the wide range of meanings the word once had, including, in Old English, "stamp (coins); forge (weapons); throw, cast; pitch (a tent), to sting (of a snake); to dash, rush, come quickly; play (the harp); gain by conquest."

slay (n.)

"instrument on a weaver's loom to beat up the weft," Old English slæ, slea, slahae, from root meaning "strike" (see slay (v.)), so called from "striking" the web together. Hence the surname Slaymaker "maker of slays."

St George slew the dragon.

圣乔治杀死了那条龙。

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Two passengers were slain by the hijackers.

两名乘客遭劫机者杀害。

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Those old movies still slay me!

那些老影片依旧让我着迷！

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(especially North American English)the drug-related slayings of five people

那宗和毒品有关的五人被杀的案子

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...the hill where St George slew the dragon.

圣乔治屠龙的那座山

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Two Australian tourists were slain.

两名澳大利亚游客被杀。

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Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.

创22:10亚伯拉罕就伸手拿刀、要杀他的儿子.

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Evil shall slay the wicked, And those who hate the righteous will be condemned.

诗34:21恶必害死恶人.恶义人的、被定罪.

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If the Exorcist have not a care, he will slay both and his fellows.

如果召唤者不小心, 便会被他所杀.

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They will seize, they will slay me.

他们会把我抓走, 他们会杀死我的.

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What does a dragon slayer do now that there are no dragons left to slay?

现在没有恶龙可杀了屠龙勇士要怎么办?

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Evil will slay the wicked ; the foes of the righteous will be condemned.

21恶必害死 恶人 .恨恶义人的,必被定罪.

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Snow White: ( Frightened ) Slay me? I cannot believe this, surely are mistaken?

白雪公主: ( 惊恐的 ) 杀我? 真不敢相信, 你一定弄错了.

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He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.

伯20:16他必吸饮 虺 蛇的毒气.蛇的舌头也必杀他.

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Neither gunfire nor two days in a refrigerator could slay this duck.

枪击与在冰箱待两天都不能取这只鸭子性命.

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For the most part, Talons slay man, woman and child wholeheartedly, but they do so quickly.

大多数情况下, 魔爪全心投入地宰杀男人 、 女人、小孩, 但他们干的很快.

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She has ordered me to slay you.

她命令我把你杀了.

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Slay them in the master's name!

以主人之名,杀了他们!

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Mayor Francis Slay did not return calls to his office seeking comment Sunday.

在接受电话采访的时候,市长弗兰西斯·斯雷没有对此排名发表意见.

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For the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the LORD.

]为祭司说: [可在耶和华殿里杀他.

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Its guardians are vicious and care only for slaughter and bloodshed. Slay them throughpass is clear.

它的看守者是凶恶的,只顾屠杀和流血,杀掉它们.

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Would slay whoever dared confront Those moustaches that Bristled like porcupinequills.

杀人莫敢前,须如猬毛磔.

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That is because it is a monstrous thing , to slay a unicorn.

杀死一只独角兽算得上是滔天罪行.

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Oh well slay them all for our majesty as he has ordered us to do.

噢以及杀死所有这些为我们的国王陛下,他已下令我们这样做.

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Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?

他岂可屡次倒空网罗,将列国的人时常杀戮, 毫不顾惜 呢 .

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And a voice came to him: Rise up, Peter; slay and eat!

13又有声音向他说, 彼得,起来, 宰了吃!

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I offer you the very blade I used to slay a titan.

我赐予你我那我那真正的武器,那我曾经用来杀死过泰坦巨人的武器.

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They slay the widow and the stranger And murder the orphans.

诗94:6他们杀死寡妇和寄居的、又杀害孤儿.

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And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.

亚伯拉罕就伸手拿刀,要杀他的儿子.

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I could easily slay you and heal myself to full capacity.

我可以轻松地杀了你,然后使自己痊愈.

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