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单词 sliding
释义 slid·ing
I. \ˈslīdiŋ, -dēŋ\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of sliden to slide
: the act of one that slides
II. adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from present participle of sliden to slide
1.
 a. obsolete : passing, transitory
 b. : of an unreliable nature : shifty
  < the gentleman with the sliding smile — John Galsworthy >
2.
 a. : going with a smooth continuous motion : slipping, gliding
  < a sliding avalanche >
  < a sliding snake >
 b. archaic : moving smoothly : flowing
  < naturalize the sliding rhymes … in English — J.R.Lowell >
3.
 a. : designed to slip along the cord around which it is made : running
  < sliding knot >
 b. : adjusted by sliding
  < the sliding fan windows are unusual — American Guide Series: Louisiana >
 c. : equipped with or characterized by a sliding part or mechanism
  < a sliding piston >
  < sliding calipers >
4. : rising or falling in accordance with a standard of comparison
 < rent is charged … in a sliding ratio to the wages of the tenant — Hewlett Johnson >
 < sliding definition of an old man as anyone who is fifteen years older than you are — Alan Gregg >
slid·ing·ly adverb
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