slew

Englanti

Substantiivi

slew (monikko slews)

1. (amerikanenglantia) suuri määrä

   They point to a slew of new rules about industrial boilers, cooling water at power plants, the disposal of coal ash, and emissions of mercury, ozone and other chemicals from smokestacks, which cumulatively, they say, will have a crippling effect on power generation and other industries. (The Economist)

Etymologia

• iirin slua "joukko"

Verbi

slew

1. (taivutusmuoto) imperfektimuoto verbistä slay