单词	glide
释义	glide1 verbglide2 noun glideglide1 /ɡlaɪd/ verb [intransitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINglide1 Origin: Old English glidan Verb Table VERB TABLE glide Simple Form Present I, you, we, they glide he, she, it glides Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they glided Present perfect I, you, we, they have glided he, she, it has glided Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had glided Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will glide Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have glided Continuous Form Present I am gliding he, she, it is gliding you, we, they are gliding Past I, he, she, it was gliding you, we, they were gliding Present perfect I, you, we, they have been gliding he, she, it has been gliding Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been gliding Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be gliding Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been gliding Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES A swan glided across the surface of the lake. He glided the aircraft into a vacant field. The pianist glided easily from a Billy Joel song into "Make Believe Rag." The plane glided through heavy clouds. The rattlesnake can see in the dark and makes no noise as it glides along. Your skis should glide naturally as you move across the snow. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Frith stood on the sea wall and watched the sail gliding down the swollen estuary. Further on down, near to the city, a single felucca was gliding gracefully in towards the bank. He pulled out of the parking, engine bubbling warmly, wheels gliding over the pavement as if in a dream. She pressed a button and we glided down the hill, on a track. She seemed to glide on her little satin-shod feet. The townsfolk glide around on recently mopped floors with a strange light in their eyes. The window glides down, outside the wind is rising. Thesaurus THESAURUS► slide to move smoothly over a surface while continuing to touch it: · The glass slid off the tray and crashed to the floor.· The kids were having fun sliding around on the polished floor. ► slip to slide a short distance accidentally, and fall or lose your balance slightly: · Be careful you don’t slip on the ice.· She slipped and broke her ankle. ► skid to slide sideways or forwards in a way that is difficult to control – used especially about a moving vehicle: · He slammed on the brakes and the car skidded to a halt.· Go slowly in wet or icy weather, because it’s easy to skid. ► glide to move smoothly and quietly across water or a smooth surface, especially in a graceful way: · A swan was gliding across the lake.· The ship glided into port. ► slither to slide in an awkward way, for example on a rough or muddy surface. Also used to describe the movement of a snake as it goes from side to side along the ground: · Tom slithered down the bank into the water.· The snake slithered away and disappeared under a rock. Longman Language Activatorto move smoothly across a surface► slide to move smoothly across a surface, or to make something do this: · We slipped and slid, losing our balance on the iceslide around: · The children were having a great time, sliding around on the polished floor.slide off/across/along etc: · Several glasses slid off the tray and crashed to the floor.· Harry slid across the bench so he was sitting next to me.slide something across/along/towards etc: · "Your money,'' said White, as he slid a roll of banknotes across the table.· Fold the omelette over, slide it onto a plate, and serve immediately. ► glide to move smoothly and quietly across a surface, especially in a graceful way: · Your skis should glide naturally as you move across the snow.glide across/along/around etc: · A swan glided across the surface of the lake.· The rattlesnake can see in the dark and makes no noise as it glides along. ► slither to slide across a slippery surface in a series of movements: slither away/off/across etc: · The snake slithered away through the grass.· Tom slithered down the muddy bank into the water.· As Katie fell asleep her book fell from her hands and slithered off the bed. ► slip to accidentally slide a short distance, especially so that you fall down: · He slipped and fell. I think he's broken his arm.slip on: · As the boys went down the path they slipped on the wet leaves.slip down/across etc: · These glasses keep slipping down my nose. ► skid if something skids , especially a car or a bicycle, it suddenly slides as it is moving along and is difficult to control: · The car in front of me skidded and I slammed the brakes on to avoid it.skid across/along etc: · Nineteen people were injured today when a bus skidded off the road into a ditch.skid on: · They set off down the road, the dogs skidding on the hard packed snow.skid to a halt/stop: · She skidded to a halt, jumped off her scooter, and ran into the house. ► aquaplane British /hydroplane American if a car aquaplanes or hydroplanes , it slides on a wet road: · In wet weather cars sometimes aquaplane when you brake heavily.· Porous asphalt tyres were developed to cut the risk of hydroplaning. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► along · You see sailing boats gliding along, their huge sails gracefully bending to the wind.· And aerobically fit skaters slash and glide along groomed tracks.· Ampullaria glides along on the muscular foot, by means of muscular waves passing along its under surface.· At one moment we see a little boy dressed in a black cloak gliding along.· We glide along a glassy-smooth stretch of water, listening to the steadily increasing roar of Hance Rapid.· In the drizzle and the fog over the forest, I saw two ravens gliding along.· To slip or glide along. 3.· Yet there was Orr, gliding along as if shielded by an invisible barrier as the Hawks sleep-skated sheeplike in his wake. ► away · At little more than walking speed it glides away.· On the inside, Annie Taylor felt the barrel glide away until it reached the suction of the rapids.· After a while the floating orchestra glided away but no one moved.· And then for a while Sorcerer let himself glide away.· Rain glided away, heading for a politician of doubtful integrity.· Briefly then, he let himself glide away.· The camera glides away from them, up into the night sky, leaving them alone in the garden. ► down · The window glides down, outside the wind is rising.· Athena well-pleased left Olympus and glided down to Ithaca.· In distinctive display flight flaps upwards at a steep angle and then glides down with wings scarcely upraised.· The swarm-bearing man glided down a hill into a marsh.· They glided down the wooden stairs. ► over · They watched it fly up and up, gliding over the sea.· As she talked, David found his eyes inexorably gliding over the curves of her body.· Black silhouettes move out of the darkness and change into blunt torpedoes, dark and slow-moving as they glide over the sandy bottom.· I always use a soft pencil as it glides over the page.· The first man out of the starting gate today will swing and glide over a carpet of man-made snow 80 centimetres deep. ► through · Of course, some new parents glide through without a hitch. ► up · Little blue trains, each with two boxy carriages, glide up and down.· They touch down, and he pushes off again, taking her arm so that she glides up with him in spite of herself.· My father carries me from the car and I glide up two flights of concrete steps, suspended in midair by anti-gravity. 1[always + adverb/preposition] to move smoothly and quietly, as if without effortglide across/over/down etc couples gliding over the dance floor2a)if a bird glides, it flies without moving its wings b)if a plane glides, it flies without using an engine3[always + adverb/preposition] to do or achieve things easilyglide through Kennedy seemed to glide through life. glide1 verbglide2 noun glideglide2 noun [countable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES They danced with sweeping gestures and romantic glides. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS How he was carried forward by the glide. In this short glide you maneuvered the machine to any clearing in range. Only fifty yards further upstream I find a smooth glide along my own bank that looks as though it should hold a few chub. Partly it was Vinny, partly the glide. See them nose the long coastline in a glide of perfected instinct. word sets WORD SETS► Linguistics acronym, nounadage, nounaffricate, nounagglutination, nounalphanumeric, adjectiveanglophone, nounantecedent, nounantonym, nounaphorism, nounarchaism, nounargot, nounaspirate, verbaspirate, nounaspiration, nounassonance, nounbaby talk, nounback, adjectiveback formation, nounbilabial, nounbody language, nouncant, nouncliché, nouncognate, adjectivecognate, nouncollocate, verbcollocation, nouncolloquial, adjectivecombining form, nouncompound, nounconcordance, nounconnotation, nounconsonant, nouncontext, nouncontraction, nouncorpus, noundative, noundeclarative, adjectivedecline, verbdecode, verbdescriptive, adjectivediction, noundiminutive, noundiminutive suffix, noundiphthong, nounelide, verbellipsis, nounelocution, nounemphasis, nounencode, verbenunciate, verb-ese, suffixetymology, nouneuphemism, nouneuphemistic, adjectiveexpression, nounfigurative, adjectivefirst language, nounformal, adjectivefricative, noungender, nounglide, nounglottal stop, nounhard, adjectivehieroglyphics, nounhigh-level, adjectivehomograph, nounhomonym, nounhomophone, nounhyperbole, nounideogram, nounidiolect, nounidiom, nounidiomatic, adjectiveinflection, nounintonation, nounIPA, nounironic, adjectivejargon, nounlabial, nounlanguage, nounlegalese, nounlexical, adjectivelexicography, nounlexicon, nounlexis, nounlingua franca, nounlinguist, nounlinguistic, adjectivelinguistics, nounlip-read, verbloanword, nounlocution, nounlong, adjectivemaxim, nounmetalanguage, nounmispronounce, verbmnemonic, nounmonosyllabic, adjectivemonosyllable, nounmorpheme, nounmorphology, nounnasal, adjectivenasal, nounneologism, nounneutral, adjectivenonce, adjectivenon-standard, adjectivenonverbal, adjectiveofficialese, nounonomatopoeia, nounopen vowel, nounorientalist, nounoxymoron, nounpalindrome, nounparagraph, nounparaphrase, verbparaphrase, nounphilology, nounphoneme, nounphonemics, nounphonetic, adjectivephonetics, nounphonic, adjectivephonology, nounphrasal, adjectivephraseology, nounpidgin, nounplosive, nounpolyglot, adjectivepolysemous, adjectivepolysyllabic, adjectiveportmanteau word, nounpragmatics, nounpreliterate, adjectivepre-verbal, adjectiveprimary stress, nounpronounce, verbpronounceable, adjectivepronunciation, nounproverb, nounpsychobabble, nounReceived Pronunciation, nounrecitation, nounregister, nounretroflex, adjectiveRP, nounschwa, nounsecondary stress, nounsecond language, nounsemantic, adjectivesemantics, nounsemiotics, nounsemi-vowel, nounshort, adjectivesibilant, adjectivesibilant, nounsic, adverbsilent, adjectivesimile, nounslang, nounsound, verbspeech, nounspeech therapy, nounspell, verbspelling, nounspoonerism, nounstandard, adjectivestem, nounstop, nounstress, nounstress, verbstressed, adjectivestress mark, nounstructuralism, nounstylistics, nounsuperlative, nounsyllabic, adjectivesyllable, nounsynonym, nounsynonymous, adjectivetechnical, adjectiveterminology, nounthesaurus, nountone, nountone language, nountoneless, adjectivetongue, nountranscribe, verbtranscription, nountrope, noununpronounceable, adjectiveunstressed, adjectiveunvoiced, adjectiveusage, nounuse, verbuse, nounvelar, adjectivevocabulary, nounvoiceless, adjectivevowel, noun 1a smooth quiet movement that seems to take no effort2 technical the act of moving from one musical note to another without a break in sound3technical a vowel which is made by moving your tongue from one position to another → diphthong
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