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-新都网

单词	slippery
释义	slippery adj. 1. difficult to hold firmly because of smoothness, wetness, sliminess, or elusive motion. 2. (of a surface) difficult to stand on, causing slips by its smoothness or muddiness. 3. unreliable, unscrupulous, shifty. 4. (of a subject) requiring tactful handling. Phrases and idioms slippery elm 1. the N. American red elm, Ulmus fulva. 2. the medicinal inner bark of this. slippery slope a course leading to disaster. Derivatives slipperily adv. slipperiness n. Etymology: prob. coined by Coverdale (1535) after Luther's schlipfferig, MHG slipferig f. slipfern, slipfen f. Gmc: partly f. slipper slippery (now dial.) f. OE slipor f. Gmc
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