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slain 音标拼音: [sl'en] vbl. slay的过去分词 slay的过去分词 slain adj 1: killed; ` slain' is formal or literary as in " slain warriors"; " a picture of St. George and the slain dragon" n 1: people who have been slain ( as in battle) Slay \ Slay\, v. t. [ imp. { Slew}; p. p. { Slain}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Slaying}.] [ OE. slan, sl? n, sleen, slee, AS. sle[' a] n to strike, beat, slay; akin to OFries. sl[= a], D. slaan, OS. & OHG. slahan, G. schlagen, Icel. sl[= a], Dan. slaae, Sw. sl?, Goth. slahan; perhaps akin to L. lacerare to tear to pieces, Gr. ????, E. lacerate. Cf. { Slaughter}, { Sledge} a hammer, { Sley}.] To put to death with a weapon, or by violence; hence, to kill; to put an end to; to destroy. [ 1913 Webster] With this sword then will I slay you both. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] I will slay the last of them with the sword. -- Amos ix. 1. [ 1913 Webster] I' ll slay more gazers than the basilisk. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: To kill; murder; slaughter; butcher. [ 1913 Webster]
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