英语词汇“slippery”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	slippery
释义	slip·pery \ˈslip(ə)rē, -ri\ adjective (sometimes -er/est) Etymology: alteration (perhaps influenced by Low German slipperig slippery) of Middle English sliper, slipper slippery, from Old English slipor; akin to Middle Low German slipper slippery, Old High German sleffar, Middle Low German slippen to slip — more at slip (slide) 1. a. : causing one to slide or fall down < a new mountain road slippery with mud — Carleton Beals > < the slippery track made walking difficult — T.E.Lawrence > b. : tending to slide from the grasp : not easily held < a running attack operated by half a dozen fast and slippery runners — Rogers Whitaker > < a slippery fabric > < a slippery fish > 2. a. : not firmly fixed : uncertain, unstable < to maintain his slippery position he needed more than cash, he needed prestige — G.W.Johnson > b. : not precise or fixed in meaning : ambiguous, elusive < his style is so slippery that it is hard to tell what he really believes — J.N.Leonard > < the slippery term romanticism — M.W.Fishwick > 3. a. : not to be trusted : shifty, tricky < those whom he knew to be slippery and double-faced — C.G.Bowers > < proved to be a slippery witness — Robert Coughlan > b. : marked by evasion, deceit, or trickery < slippery devices > < slippery maneuvers > 4. : immoral, wanton < slippery looks of love — James Thomson †1748 >
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