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单词 slide
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slideverb

uk/slaɪd/us/slaɪd/slid, slid

slide verb (MOVE)

B2 [ I or T ] to (cause to) move easily and without interruption over a surface:

When I was little I used to like sliding on the polished floor in my socks.
We have one of those doors in the kitchen that slides open.
He slid the letter into his pocket while no one was looking.
sliding doors

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  • I slid down the hill.
  • She slid her hand into his pocket.
  • She slid her legs from under the duvet and got up stealthily.
  • Hardly aware of what she was doing, Susie slid her hand up to his shoulder.
  • She slid into the seat next to him.

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Advancing and moving forward

  • advance
  • advancing
  • approach
  • beeline
  • come
  • come over
  • come up
  • gain
  • gain on sb/sth
  • glide
  • head
  • make
  • make for somewhere/sth
  • make towards sth/sb
  • proceed
  • pull
  • push
  • roll
  • slip

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slide verb (GET WORSE)

[ I ] to go into a worse state, often through lack of control or care:

The dollar slid against other major currencies.
Car exports slid by 40 percent this year.
He was improving for a while, but I think he's sliding back into his old habits.
I was doing really well with my diet, but I've let it slide (= not tried so hard) recently.
See also
backslide

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Deteriorating and making worse

  • a step backwards idiom
  • a turn of the screw idiom
  • add
  • afford
  • aggravate
  • backslide
  • compound
  • decline
  • degrade
  • disintegrate
  • dog
  • downgrade
  • downhill
  • exacerbate
  • regress
  • relapse
  • retrograde
  • retrogress
  • run yourself down
  • slip

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slidenoun

uk/slaɪd/us/slaɪd/

slide noun (MOVEMENT)

[ C ] a sudden movement of a large mass of mud (= wet earth) or rock down a hill:

a mud/rock slide
See also
landslide

[ C ] a structure for children to play on which has a slope for them to slide down and usually a set of steps leading up to the slope

a part that moves easily backwards and forwards on an instrument or machine:

the slide on a trombone

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The Earth & outer space - general words

  • ablate
  • biophilia
  • cosmologist
  • cosmology
  • eolian
  • ether
  • evapotranspiration
  • geo-
  • geocentric
  • globe
  • heaven
  • landslide
  • macrocosm
  • mid-air
  • terra firma
  • terrestrial
  • the cosmos
  • the mesosphere
  • the troposphere
  • universe

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Play areas for children
Machines - parts

slide noun (WORSE STATE)

[ C usually singular ] the process of moving into a worse state, often through lack of control or care:

The government must take measures, he said, to halt the country's slide into recession.

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Deteriorating and making worse

  • a step backwards idiom
  • a turn of the screw idiom
  • add
  • afford
  • aggravate
  • backslide
  • compound
  • decline
  • degrade
  • disintegrate
  • dog
  • downgrade
  • downhill
  • exacerbate
  • regress
  • relapse
  • retrograde
  • retrogress
  • run yourself down
  • slip

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slide noun (PHOTOGRAPHY)

[ C ] a small piece of photographic film in a frame that, when light is passed through it, shows a larger image on a screen or plain surface:

colour slides
Synonym
transparency

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Photography

  • airbrush
  • aperture
  • camera
  • camera obscura
  • camera-shy
  • capture
  • exposure
  • high-resolution
  • hologram
  • holography
  • kinetoscope
  • lo-res
  • negative
  • say cheese idiom
  • selfie
  • sharp
  • shoot
  • shutter
  • SLR camera
  • snapshot

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slide noun (GLASS)

[ C ] a small piece of glass on which you put something in order to look at it through a microscope

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Physics: optics, microscopy & lasers

  • binoculars
  • chromatic aberration
  • converging lens
  • diffuse reflection
  • electron microscope
  • field glasses
  • focus
  • laser
  • laser-guided
  • magnification
  • magnifier
  • magnify
  • magnifying glass
  • microscopy
  • opera glasses
  • power
  • powerful
  • reflective
  • resolution
  • transparency

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Laboratory equipment

slide noun (HAIR)

[ C ] UK short form of hair slide

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Hair care

  • Alice band
  • argan oil
  • barrette
  • brush
  • comb
  • crimp
  • curling tongs
  • delouse
  • gel
  • hair lacquer
  • hair mousse
  • hairgrip
  • hairpin
  • rinse
  • roller
  • shear
  • slick
  • straighteners
  • styling
  • tint

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