"swampy place," 1708, North American variant of slough.
slew (v.)
"to turn, swing, twist," 1834, earlier slue (1769), a nautical word, of unknown origin. Slewed (1801) is old nautical slang for "drunk." Slew-foot "clumsy person who walks with feet turned out" is from 1896.
slew (n.2)
"large number," 1839, from Irish sluagh "a host, crowd, multitude," from Celtic and Balto-Slavic *sloug- "help, service" (see slogan).
权威例句
1. There have been a whole slew of shooting incidents.
发生过大量枪击案。
2. They dealt with a slew of other issues.
他们处理了大量的其他问题。
3. St George slew the dragon.
圣乔治杀死了那条龙。
4. St George slew the cattle.
圣乔治杀死牛.
5. It was with those grenades Pablo slew the post at Otero.