slippery
四级,六级,考研,托福,雅思,GRE,1
英['slɪp(ə)rɪ]
|美['slɪpəri]
日语:滑りやすい
法语:glissant
德语:rutschig
韩语:미끄러운
俄语:resbaladizo
牛津词典
adj.
- 滑的;滑得抓不住(或站不稳、难以行走)的
difficult to hold or to stand or move on, because it is smooth, wet or polished
- slippery like a fish
滑得像条鱼似的 - In places the path can be wet and slippery.
这条小径有些路段又湿又滑。 - His hand was slippery with sweat.
他的手汗津津的。
- 油滑的;滑头滑脑的;靠不住的
that you cannot trust
- Don't believe what he says─he's a slippery customer.
他说什么你可别信——他是个滑头。
- 难以应对的;棘手的
difficult to deal with and that you have to think about carefully
- Freedom is a slippery concept (= because its meaning changes according to your point of view) .
自由是一个难以明确的概念。
中文词源
slippery 滑的,打滑的,油滑的,耍滑头的
slip,滑出,滑动,-ery,形容词后缀。引申比喻义油滑的,耍滑头的。
双语例句
- Better driving equipment will improve track adhesion in slippery conditions.
较好的驾驶设备能够提升在湿滑路面上的抓地力。
- Motorists were warned to beware of slippery conditions
驾驶员接到提醒当心道路湿滑。
- The clay court was slippery and he was unable to move freely
红土网球场很滑,他不能自如地移动。
- The tiled floor was wet and slippery
瓷砖地面又湿又滑。
- He is a slippery customer, and should be carefully watched.
他是一个狡猾的顾客,要小心提防。
- The company started down the slippery slope of believing that they knew better than the customer.
该公司认为他们比顾客更了解情况,而有这种想法注定是要失败的。
- The road is slippery; you'd better slow down.
路很滑,你最好减速。
- He is as slippery as an eel and simply refuses to be pinned down on anything.
他很圆滑,什么事情都不肯承担责任。
- Look out! The road is slippery.
注意,路很滑!
- The forest is thick and the moss is slippery.
林深苔滑。
- The road is slippery after rain.
雨后路滑。
- The frozen snow was so slippery that it was hard to keep one's feet.
冰雪溜滑,人们很难站稳。
- It was hard walking on the slippery ice in our heavy boots.
我们穿着笨重的皮靴在滑溜溜的冰上很难走。
- The road is very slippery.
路忒滑。
- The road is slippery.
路滑。
- The road is very slippery, so watch your step!
路很滑,仔细点儿。
- The road was slippery after the rain.
刚下过雨,地上滑不唧的。
- He's a slippery character.
这个人溜滑得很。
- We answered them gently from the slippery decks.
我们在滑溜溜的甲板上文雅地答了礼。
- Not too slippery ground, do not have a slope.
地面不要过滑,不要有坡度。
- We faltered up the slippery stone stairs in the heavy rain.
大雨中,我们摇摇晃晃地走上湿滑的石阶。
- Slim swans and slender skunks swim in the slippery slime.
苗条的天鹅和纤细的臭鼬在滑滑的黏泥上游泳。
- Well, you're walking a slippery slope.
哦,你在一个光滑的斜面上走啊。
- It's really slippery. that's the fun part!
真的很滑,这是最有意思的了!
- I'm trying, but this thing's too damn slippery.
我在试,可这也太滑了。
- That's rubbish. I bet you that's not slippery enough.
那是垃圾。我打赌它不够光滑。
- This increases the driving stability on slippery roads.
这会增加在湿滑路面上的行驶稳定性。
- Take care where you tread as the road is muddy, slippery.
当心你踩的地方,因为这路又泥泞又溜滑。
- It's just too slippery on the road.
只是道路太滑了一点。
- I can't stop. they're so slippery.
我忍不住,它们太光滑了。
语源
late 15th cent.: from dialect slipperslippery, probably suggested by Luthers schlipfferig