slew

• n.旋回する；湿地帯；極端な
• vi.ねじれる；横に滑る；回転する；旋回する
• vt. ねじる；曲がる
• v. 殺す（slayの過去形）

アイルランド語のsluagh「軍隊」「行列」が語源で、スローガンと同じ。

slew (n.1)

"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).

1. There have been a whole slew of shooting incidents.

大量の銃撃事件が発生した。

2.They dealt with a slew of other issues.

彼らは大量の他の問題を処理した。

3.St George slew the dragon.

聖ジョージはその竜を殺した。

4.St George slew the cattle.

聖ジョージが牛を殺す.

5.It was with those grenades Pablo slew the post at Otero.

バブロは、この手榴弾でオトロの番所をやっつけたものだ。