slaying

英 [ˈsleɪɪŋ]

美 [ˈsleɪɪŋ]

n.  谋杀
v.  (在战争或搏斗中)杀，杀死; 杀害; 残害; 谋杀; 深深打动; 迷住
slay的现在分词

复数：slayings　

BNC.34868 / COCA.15259

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 谋杀
  Aslayingis a murder.
  1. ...a trail of motiveless slayings.
     对无动机谋杀罪行的审判

in BRIT, usually use 英国英语通常用 killing

英英释义

noun

• unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
  Synonym:murderexecution

双语例句

• The great tragedy of science-the slaying of a beautiful theory by an ugly fact.
  科学的大悲剧是&美丽的理论被丑恶的事实扼杀。
• No one apologized to me for the execution-style slaying of my cousins during the festival of redemption.
  没人在赎罪日上为自杀的表兄向我道歉。
• Since then, the blood elves have been hunting down demons, slaying them, and siphoning the demonic essence as it ebbs and flows from the cooling corpse.
  从那以后，血精灵就开始猎杀恶魔，吸取从冷却尸体上漂流出来的恶魔精华。
• Philip Markoff has pleaded not guilty in the slaying of the masseuse.
  杀害女按摩师案中菲利普马克弗已做了无罪辩护。
• It's Huxley that said woe to the slaying of a beautiful theory by an ugly fact, nuclear collapse.
  赫胥黎说过，一个美丽的理论，被丑陋的事实所抹杀，核坍塌，真是科学的悲剧。
• Dragon slaying is the clan's primary career option, although Hiccup wants nothing to do with it.
  屠龙是当地族人首选的职业，但西卡普对此却毫无兴趣。
• The country's police recently began arming themselves in greater numbers, in part to try to ward against future incidents such as a mass slaying at a train station in Kunming that left 33 dead in March.
  中国警方最近开始升级装备，一定程度上是为了防范未来再次出现类似今年3月昆明火车站那样的大规模伤人事件。昆明事件导致33人死亡。
• Yet again, Kratos men are shown slaying innocent villagers.
  又一次的，克瑞托斯的手下残杀着无辜的村民。
• Samson performed many powerful acts, including slaying a lion and moving the gates of Gaza.
  参孙有过许多强有力的行为，比如杀死一头狮子和移动加萨之门。
• The man mimed the slaying of an enemy.
  此人比手划脚地表演砍死一个敌人的情况。