单词 | slippery elm |
释义 | slip1 /slip/intransitive verb (slippˈing; slipped or (formerly) slipt)
ORIGIN: Perh LGer or Du slippen; but OE has slipor slippery, and slȳpescōh slipper slippˈage noun
slippˈer adjective (archaic) Slippery slippˈerily adverb slippˈeriness or slippˈiness noun slippˈery or slippˈy adjective
slip angle noun In vehicles, the attitude angle slipˈ-board noun A board sliding in grooves slipˈ-carriage or slip-coach noun A railway carriage that can be left behind without stopping the train slipˈcase noun A box-like case for a book or set of books, open at one end to leave the spine(s) visible slip cover noun
slipˈ-dock noun A dock with a slipway slipˈform noun (building) A form that can be moved slowly as work progresses (also adjective) slipform paver noun A machine for laying continuously a concrete road surface slip gauge noun (engineering) An accurately ground rectangular block used to measure with great accuracy the distance between components or faces slipˈknot noun
slipˈ-on or slipˈ-over adjective
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slipped disc see disc slippery elm noun
slipˈrail noun (Aust)
slip ring noun A device in an electric motor or alternator which conveys power to or from the rotor without changing polarity slip road noun
slip sheet noun (printing) A sheet of paper placed between sheets as they are printed to avoid offset slipˈshod adjective
slipˈ-shoe noun (obsolete) A slipper slip stitch noun A concealed sewing stitch used on hems, facings, etc in which only a few threads of the material forming the main body of the garment are caught up by the needle for each stitch slipˈ-stitch transitive verb To join using slip stitches slipˈstream noun The stream of air driven back by an aircraft propeller or the stream of air behind any (usu quickly) moving vehicle or other object transitive verb and intransitive verb To follow (another car, bicycle, etc) closely and thus benefit from the decreased wind resistance created by its slipstream slipˈ-string noun (obsolete or dialect) A rogue, someone who richly deserves hanging (also adjective) slipˈ-up noun (informal) An error or failure slipˈway noun A pier in a dock or shipyard that slopes down into the water give someone the slip To escape from someone, usu by cunning let slip
look slippy (informal; esp in imperative) To be quick, to hurry slip a cable or mooring To let a cable or mooring go overboard instead of waiting to weigh anchor slip off
slip of the tongue or pen A word, etc said, or written, in error when something else was intended slip on To put on loosely or in haste slip one's ways (Scot) To make one's way quietly slip the cable To die slip up
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