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slayer

/sley-er/US // ˈsleɪ ər //

杀手,屠夫,杀人者,杀人犯

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who kills another person or creature, usually violently, or who destroys something: In the movie, the prince is a dragon slayer on a mission to kill the dragon responsible for corrupting the heart of the king.In Hindu legend, the goddess Kalaratri is worshiped as the slayer of darkness and ignorance.

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Examples

  • Davis’s frontal boasted of course an undefeated lay executed by self-proclaimed “wig slayer,” Kira Dior.

  • But a page devoted to the metal band Slayer has garnered the likes of “Dick Cheney,” “Manuel Noriega,” and “Israel.”

  • Support for the royals rose to 35-year highs, leading some wags to dub Prince George “the Republican slayer”.

  • Even Slayer frontman Tom Araya announced in 2010 he was retiring his signature helicopter and figure-eight style thrashing.

  • And references to Trogdor the Burninator, are everywhere from sports nicknames to Buffy the Vampire slayer comics.

  • The next thing you see is, indeed, what would have happened to Sunnydale if Buffy, the vampire slayer, had never hit town.

  • In one hand the lad held up a brazen crucifix, and stretched it forth—defence against the slayer.

  • Thangbrand abode three winters in Iceland, and was the slayer of three men or ever he departed thence.

  • The son, whom I had once seen, was a tall, dry fellow who also passed for a fierce slayer of game.

  • He slipped the automatic into his pocket and straightened beside his inert would-be slayer.

  • It seems good to me, therefore, that the Bintang Burung call down Djath's curse on this slayer of one of your people.