| 单词 | slip |
| 释义 | slip (slɪp ) Word forms: slips , slipping , slipped 1. verb B1 If you slip, you accidentally slide and lose your balance. He had slipped on an icy pavement. [VERB] Be careful not to slip. [VERB] Synonyms: fall, trip (over), slide, skid 2. verb B1+ If something slips, it slides out of place or out of your hand. His glasses had slipped. [VERB] The hammer slipped out of her grasp. [VERB preposition/adverb] Synonyms: slide, fall, drop, slither 3. verb If you slip somewhere, you go there quickly and quietly. Amy slipped downstairs and out of the house. [VERB adverb/preposition] She slipped into the driving seat and closed the door. [VERB adverb/preposition] Synonyms: sneak, creep, steal, slope 4. verb If you slip something somewhere, you put it there quickly in a way that does not attract attention. I slipped a note under Louise's door. [VERB noun preposition] He found a coin in his pocket and slipped it into her collecting tin. [VERB noun preposition] Just slip in a piece of paper. [VERB noun with adverb] 5. verb If you slip something to someone, you give it to them secretly. Robert had slipped her a note in school. [VERB noun noun] She looked round before pulling out a package and slipping it to the man. [VERB noun + to] 6. verb To slip into a particular state or situation means to pass gradually into it, in a way that is hardly noticed. It amazed him how easily one could slip into a routine. [VERB + into] There was a 50-50 chance that the economy could slip back into recession. [VERB into noun] 7. verb If something slips to a lower level or standard, it falls to that level or standard. Shares slipped to 117p. [V + to/from/by] The club had slipped to the bottom of Division Four. [V to/from/by amount/n] In June, producer prices slipped 0.1% from May. [VERB amount] Overall business activity is slipping. [VERB] Synonyms: drop, sink, plunge, slump Slip is also a noun. ...a slip in consumer confidence. [+ in] 8. verb If you slip into or out of clothes or shoes, you put them on or take them off quickly and easily. She slipped out of the jacket and tossed it on the couch. [V + into/out of] I slipped off my woollen gloves. [V n with on/off] 9. countable noun A slip is a small or unimportant mistake. We must be well prepared, there must be no slips. Synonyms: mistake, failure, error, blunder 10. countable noun A slip of paper is a small piece of paper. ...little slips of paper he had torn from a notebook. [+ of] I put her name on the slip. ...credit card slips. 11. countable noun A slip is a thin piece of clothing that can be worn under a dress or skirt. 12. countable noun [usually singular, N of a n] If you refer to someone as a slip of a girl or a slip of a boy, you mean they are small, thin, and young. [informal] He's a mere slip of a lad compared to his brother. She was just a slip of a thing. 13. See also Freudian slip 14. give sb the slip phrase If you give someone the slip, you escape from them when they are following you or watching you. [informal] He gave reporters the slip by leaving at midnight. 15. let slip phrase If you let slip information, you accidentally tell it to someone, when you wanted to keep it secret. I bet he let slip that I'd gone to America. Synonyms: give away, reveal, disclose, divulge 16. slip your mind phrase If something slips your mind, you forget about it. The reason for my visit had obviously slipped his mind. 17. to slip through your fingers phrase If someone or something slips through your fingers, you just fail to catch them, get them, or keep them. Money has slipped through his fingers all his life. You mustn't allow this golden opportunity to slip through your fingers. 18. slip of the tongue phrase If you describe something you said as a slip of the tongue, you mean that you said it by mistake. At one stage he referred to Anna as John's fiancée, but later said that was a slip of the tongue. Phrasal verbs: slip in phrasal verb If you slip in a question or comment, you ask or make it without interrupting the flow of the conversation. Slip in a few questions about other things. [VERB PARTICLE noun] I cannot resist slipping in a word of advice. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] slip through phrasal verb If something or something slips through a set of checks or rules, they are accepted when in fact they should not be. ...hardened trouble-makers who have slipped through the security checks. [VERB PARTICLE noun] The slightest little bit of inattention can let something slip through. [VERB PARTICLE] slip up 1. phrasal verb If you slip up, you make a small or unimportant mistake. There were occasions when we slipped up. [VERB PARTICLE] You will see exactly where you are slipping up. [VERB PARTICLE] 2. See also slip-up Idioms: let something slip through your fingers to fail to get or keep something, especially something good If your income is greater than your expenses, count yourself lucky – and don't let it slip through your fingers! Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers slip on a banana skin or slip on a banana peel to say or do something that makes you look stupid and causes you problems Most of the nation would enjoy seeing this mighty team slip on a banana skin in front of millions. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers slip through the net [British] if people slip through the net, the system which is supposed to help or deal with them does not do it properly. The American expression is fall through the cracks. It's hard to knock the selection process because the chances of any young talent slipping through the net are so minimal. [mainly British] if someone who is behaving illegally slips through the net, they avoid being caught by the system or trap that is meant to catch them Government officials fear some of the criminals identified by British police may have slipped through the net. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a slip of the tongue something that you said by mistake Brown had committed a slip of the tongue, saying that he had 'saved the world' when he meant to say that he had saved Britain's banks. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers there is many a slip twixt cup and lip [literary] said to mean that a plan may easily go wrong before it is completed, and you can never be sure of what will happen Joe must be a hot favourite to win in Belfast, but there's many a slip twixt cup and lip. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers slip your mind if something slips your mind, you forget it The reason for my visit had obviously slipped his mind. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Translations: Chinese: 滑倒, 纸片, 衬裙, 滑倒 Japanese: 間違い mistake, 伝票 paper , スリップ underwear , 滑る |
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