| 单词 | slip |
| 释义 | slip (once / 75 pages) 1vn 2vn 3n 4n 5n WORD FAMILY slip: nonslip, slippage, slipped, slippery, slipping, slippy, slips+/slippage: slippages/slippery: nonslippery, slipperily, slipperiness/slippy: slippier USAGE EXAMPLESTheories for the seeming slip ranged from carelessness to unfamiliarity with the English language to employee revenge. BBC(Jan 03, 2017) “Because the sign is 45 feet high, it’s extremely easy to slip and fall,” he said. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) Mr. Obama, who will remain in the nation’s capital for the next year or so, does not appear ready to slip quietly into retirement. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner Syn|Hypo|Hyper skid, slew, slide, slue submarine move forward or under in a sliding motion skidslide without control side-slipslide sideways through the air in a downward direction in an airplane along an inclined lateral axis glide move smoothly and effortlessly 2v move out of position Syn|Hyper dislocate, luxate, splay displace, move cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense 3v get worse My grades are slipping Syn|Hypo|Hyper drop away, drop off, fall away backslide, lapse drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards decline, worsen grow worse 4v to make a mistake or be incorrect Syn|Hypo err, mistake misremember remember incorrectly slip up, stumble, trip upmake an error misjudgejudge incorrectly fall forbe deceived, duped, or entrapped by underestimate, underratemake too low an estimate of overestimate, overratemake too high an estimate of miscalculate, misestimatejudge incorrectly 5n an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall he blamed his slip on the ice the jolt caused many slips and a few spills Syn|Hypo|Hyper trip fall, spill, tumble a sudden drop from an upright position pratfalla fall onto your buttocks wipeouta spill in some sport (as a fall from a bicycle or while skiing or being capsized on a surfboard) misadventure, mischance, mishap an instance of misfortune 6n an unexpected slide Syn|Hyper sideslip, skid coast, glide, slide the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it 7n a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. Syn|Hypo|Hyper miscue, parapraxis, slip-up Freudian slip a slip-up that (according to Sigmund Freud) results from the operation of unconscious wishes or conflicts and can reveal unconscious processes in normal healthy individuals error, fault, mistake a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention 8n a socially awkward or tactless act Syn|Hyper faux pas, gaffe, gaucherie, solecism bloomer, blooper, blunder, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, pratfall an embarrassing mistake 9n a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air 2Syn|Hyper sideslip airplane maneuver, flight maneuver a maneuver executed by an aircraft 1v move easily slip into something comfortable Hyper move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion 2v move smoothly and easily the bolt slipped into place water slipped from the polished marble Hyper break loose, escape, get away run away from confinement 3v cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion he slipped the bolt into place Hyper displace, move cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense 4v move stealthily The ship slipped away in the darkness Syn|Hyper steal move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion 5v pass on stealthily He slipped me the key when nobody was looking Syn|Hyper sneak give, hand, pass, pass on, reach, turn over place into the hands or custody of 6v insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly He slipped some money into the waiter's hand Hyper enclose, inclose, insert, introduce, put in, stick in introduce 7v pass out of one's memory Syn|Hyper slip one's mind blank out, block, draw a blank, forget be unable to remember 8n the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning) Syn|Hyper eluding, elusion evasion the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver 9n bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow Syn|Hyper case, pillow slip, pillowcase bed linen linen or cotton articles for a bed (as sheets and pillowcases) 10n a woman's sleeveless undergarment Syn|Hyper chemise, shift, shimmy, teddy undergarment, unmentionable a garment worn under other garments 11n a place where a craft can be made fast Syn|Hyper berth, moorage, mooring anchorage, anchorage ground place for vessels to anchor 12n a slippery smoothness 3Syn|Hyper slick, slickness, slipperiness smoothness a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch 1n a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting Syn|Hypo|Hyper cutting quickset cuttings of plants set in the ground to grow as hawthorn for hedges or vines stalk, stem a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ 2n a young and slender person 4he's a mere slip of a lad Hyper spring chicken, young person, younker, youth a young person (especially a young man or boy) 1n a small sheet of paper a receipt slip Syn|Hyper slip of paper piece of paper, sheet, sheet of paper paper used for writing or printing 2n artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material 5Syn|Hypo|Hyper strip band a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body) band, ringa strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration) banda thin flat strip or loop of flexible material that goes around or over something else, typically to hold it together or as a decoration cramp, cramp irona strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together reefone of several strips across a sail that can be taken in or rolled up to lessen the area of the sail that is exposed to the wind lead, leadingthin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing mulliona nonstructural vertical strip between the casements or panes of a window (or the panels of a screen) ribbon, typewriter ribbona long strip of inked material for making characters on paper with a typewriter screedan accurately levelled strip of material placed on a wall or floor as guide for the even application of plaster or concrete staya thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset) taba short strip of material attached to or projecting from something in order to facilitate opening or identifying or handling it tapea long thin piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or fastening weather strip, weather stripping, weatherstrip, weatherstrippinga narrow strip of material to cover the joint of a door or window to exclude the cold adhesive tapetape coated with adhesive armbanda band worn around the upper arm arm band, armleta band worn around the arm for decoration backbanda broad band that passes over the back of a horse and supports the shafts of a vehicle bellybanda cloth band that is worn around the waist (as on infants until the navel has healed) collar, neckbanda band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over collara band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it garter, supportera band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve) cincture, girdle, sash, waistband, waistclotha band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers headbanda band worn around or over the head headpiece, headstallthe band that is the part of a bridle that fits around a horse's head hoop, ringa rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling inklea linen tape used for trimming as a decoration elastic, elastic band, rubber banda narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such as papers) together shoulder strap, strapa band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag sweatbanda band of fabric or leather sewn inside the crown of a hat sweatbanda band of material tied around the forehead or wrist to absorb sweat bracelet, watch bracelet, watchband, watchstrap, wristbanda band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist webbinga narrow closely woven tape; used in upholstery or for seat belts mourning band, weeda black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat) as a sign of mourning wristbandband consisting of a part of a sleeve that covers the wrist wrist band, wristleta band or bracelet worn around the wrist artefact, artifact a man-made object taken as a whole n potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics Hyper potter's clay, potter's earth clay that does not contain any iron; used in making pottery or for modeling |
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