| 单词 | a slip of the tongue |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa slip of the tongue d. In the phrases a slip of the pen, a slip of the tongue, etc. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > manner of writing > [noun] > errors cacography1656 a slip of the pen1659 dittography1876 haplography1886 lapsus calami1893 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > [noun] > error in written mode > slip of the pen pen-slip1659 a slip of the pen1659 lapsus calami1893 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > [noun] > incorrect speech > slip of the tongue lapse1526 lapsus linguae1668 a slip of the tongue1725 tripping1894 tongue-slip1913 1659 A. Cowley Let. to Ormonde 7 Oct. Hopeing that his Majesty..will pardon the slip of that man's pen in one expression. 1677 R. Cary Palæologia Chronica ii. i. xx. 153 I am apt to think that the Number..was originally the Transcriber's slip of the Pen. 1725 N. Bailey tr. Erasmus All Familiar Colloquies 350 In Matters so sacred there is Danger in a Slip of the Tongue. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron II. vi. iii. 10 Things once committed to writing, are secure from slips of memory. 1778 F. Burney Evelina II. xiii. 104 It was a slip of the tongue; I did not intend to say such a thing. 1840 Penny Cycl. XVII. 42/1 A casual mistake, a slip of the press. 1849 Ld. Mahon in Croker Papers 31 Dec. (1884) III This second letter..is caused by the foolish slip of memory in my first. 1874 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 1st Ser. 304 A slip of the pen, such as happens to real historians. 1906 H. C. Wyld Hist. Study Mother Tongue iv. 72 He at once perceives the difference [in his pronunciation], and ‘corrects’ the result as a ‘mistake’ or a ‘slip of the tongue’. 1928 E. O'Neill Strange Interlude viii. 314 ‘You said “Navy”.’.. ‘Slip of the tongue! I meant Gordon.’ 1939 G. B. Shaw In Good King Charles's Golden Days i. 13 ‘What did you call the gentleman, Mr Fox?’.. ‘A slip of the tongue, Mistress Basham.’ 1958 J. Wain Contenders vii. 151 The Canon was still beating down Robert's attempt to explain away that slip of the tongue. 1975 Economist 21 June 31/2 Transcripts of the call, accurate to the last slip of the tongue, have been sent to the magazine Stern. < as lemmas |
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