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Slippery English 7844.Slippery 英 Slɪp(ə)Rɪ]美 Slɪpəri 释义 Adj

正面 7844.slippery
英 ['slɪp(ə)rɪ]美 ['slɪpəri]

背面
释义:
adj. 滑的;狡猾的;不稳定的
例句:
1. 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。

音:爱倒,爱到晕倒;音:爱多,热爱多多
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。
slippery (adj.)"having a slippery surface," c. 1500, from Middle English sliper (adj.) "readily slipping," from Old English slipor "slippery, having a smooth surface" (see slip (v.)) + -y (2). Metaphoric sense of "deceitful, untrustworthy" is first recorded 1550s. Related: Slipperiness. In a figurative sense, slippery slope is first attested 1844. Slippery elm (1748) so called for its mucilaginous inner bark."

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