| 释义 |
slip of the tongue
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | slip of the tongue - an accidental and usually trivial mistake in speakingmisstatement - a statement that contains a mistakespoonerism - transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words |
TranslationsVersprecherlapsuslapsuspaperaоговоркаslip of the tongue
slip of the tongueA small mistake made when speaking. I accidentally called John by his brother's name. It was just a slip of the tongue. The news anchor's innocent slip of the tongue has gone viral, of course.See also: of, slip, tongueslip of the tonguean error in speaking in which a word is pronounced incorrectly, or in which the speaker says something unintentionally. I didn't mean to tell her that. It was a slip of the tongue. I failed to understand the instructions because the speaker made a slip of the tongue at an important point.See also: of, slip, tonguea slip of the tongue A slip of the tongue is something that you said by mistake. At one stage he referred to her as James's `fiancée' but later said that was a slip of the tongue and that they were not formally engaged.See also: of, slip, tonguea slip of the ˈtongue/ˈpen a small mistake when speaking or writing: Did I say North Street? Sorry, that was a slip of the tongue — I meant South Street.See also: of, pen, slip, tongueEncyclopediaSeeslipslip of the tongue
Related to slip of the tongue: Freudian slipWords related to slip of the tonguenoun an accidental and usually trivial mistake in speakingRelated Words |