单词	slink
释义	slinkslink /slɪŋk/ verb (past tense and past participle slunk /slʌŋk/) [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] Word Origin WORD ORIGINslink Origin: Old English slincan ‘to creep’ Verb Table VERB TABLE slink Simple Form Present I, you, we, they slink he, she, it slinks Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they slunk Present perfect I, you, we, they have slunk he, she, it has slunk Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had slunk Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will slink Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have slunk Continuous Form Present I am slinking he, she, it is slinking you, we, they are slinking Past I, he, she, it was slinking you, we, they were slinking Present perfect I, you, we, they have been slinking he, she, it has been slinking Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been slinking Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be slinking Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been slinking Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A cat named Fred slunk past his legs as we headed for the bedroom. As for the quacks, they slink around on the margins of the crowd when we hold village meetings. But Speedo was already on the floor, slinking past Rob into the hallway. Goneril slunk into the kitchen and wound her body like a fat skein of wool around my feet. It used to be that a business could slink out of town quietly. Nothing would have made him do a Damon and slink back. Why should she slink about as if it were she who had disgraced herself? Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto leave quietly or secretly► sneak off/away/out to leave quietly taking care not to be seen, usually when you want to do something else: · Occasionally she and a friend would sneak off during their free study hour.sneak off/away/out from: · I don't know what he's up to, but he sneaks away from work early every Tuesday.sneak off/away/out to: · Annie had sneaked out to the bar, hoping that her parents wouldn't notice she was gone. ► slip out/away to leave quietly and without being noticed: · Harriet glanced around, wondering if she could slip out unnoticed.slip out/away to do something: · When everyone was busy talking I slipped away to join Beth for a quiet drink. ► slope off British informal to leave somewhere quietly and secretly, especially when you are avoiding work: · While the manager was away, Brian took the opportunity to slope off home an hour early every day.slope off to: · "Where's Sam?" "I saw him sloping off to the pub half an hour ago." ► slink off/away to leave somewhere quietly, without being seen, especially because you are ashamed or afraid: · Alyssia had dumped her fiancé just two weeks before the wedding, and then slunk off to the south of France. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► off · And having lost our zeal for the idle etchings of some bored buckaroo, we slink off into the shade. to move somewhere quietly and secretly, especially because you are afraid or ashamed SYN  creep:  Edward was hoping to slink past unnoticed.
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